HSK 6 · Function Words

统统 tǒngtǒng “all” in Chinese

Said as tóngtǒng

Traditional 統統

What 统统 means

  1. all
  2. completely
  3. totally

How to say 统统

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale统tǒng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale统tǒng3rd tone, dipping

Said as tóngtǒng. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

统统 in a sentence

  1. 把这些旧东西统统扔掉吧。

    Bǎ zhèxiē jiù dōngxi tǒngtǒng rēngdiào ba.

    Throw all this old stuff out.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他把作业统统做完了。

    Tā bǎ zuòyè tǒngtǒng zuò wán le.

    He finished every bit of his homework.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 统统 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 统 (tǒng) with each of its parts in a different colour
统tǒngto gather
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 充to fill · chōngSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 充 (chōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with tǒng.

The character 统 (tǒng) with each of its parts in a different colour
统tǒngto gather
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 充to fill · chōngSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 充 (chōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with tǒng.

How to write 统统

统 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

统统 (tǒngtǒng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 统统 (tǒngtǒng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 统统

Words with 统

统一tǒngyī · to unify系统xìtǒng · system传统chuántǒng · tradition总统zǒngtǒng · president (of a country)统治tǒngzhì · to rule统计tǒngjì · statistics统筹兼顾tǒngchóujiāngù · to plan as a whole and consider all aspects

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FAQs

统统 (tǒngtǒng) means “all” or “completely”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tǒngtǒng: tǒng with a 3rd tone, then tǒng with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like tóngtǒng. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 统统 is written 統統. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tongtong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 统统 from the suggestions. Typing tongtong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
统统 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.