HSK 6 · Money

共计 gòngjì “to total” in Chinese

Traditional 共計

What 共计 means

  1. to total
  2. to amount to
  3. in total
  4. to sum up to

How to say 共计

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale共gòng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale计jì4th tone, falling

共计 in a sentence

  1. 这次活动共计有五百人参加。

    Zhè cì huódòng gòngjì yǒu wǔbǎi rén cānjiā.

    A total of five hundred people took part in the event.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这些东西共计三百元。

    Zhèxiē dōngxi gòngjì sānbǎi yuán.

    These things come to three hundred yuan in total.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 共计 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 共 (gòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
共gòngcommon
  • 廾two hands · gǒng
  • 一one · yī
  • 八eight · bā

Memory aidTwo hands 廾 holding something up together: together, shared.

The character 计 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
计jìto calculate
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 十ten · shíSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 十 (shí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

How to write 共计

共 6 strokes · 计 4 strokes

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

Words related to 共计

Words with 共

公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē · bus一共yígòng · altogether共gòng · altogether共同gòngtóng · common总共zǒnggòng · altogether共鸣gòngmíng · resonance共和国gònghéguó · republic

Words with 计

计划jìhuà · plan估计gūjì · to estimate计算jìsuàn · to count会计kuàijì · accountant设计shèjì · to design计较jìjiào · to fuss over统计tǒngjì · statistics千方百计qiānfāngbǎijì · by every possible means

More words: Money & Economy

贩卖fànmài · to sell分红fēnhóng · to share profits富裕fùyù · well-off供不应求gōngbùyìngqiú · demand exceeds supply供给gōngjǐ · to supply股东gǔdōng · shareholder股份gǔfèn · share耗费hàofèi · to consume

FAQs

共计 (gòngjì) means “to total” or “to amount to”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gòngjì: gòng with a 4th tone, then jì with a 4th tone. 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, 共计 is written 共計. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 共计 from the suggestions. Typing gongji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
共计 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.