HSK 6 · Money

总和 zǒnghé “sum” in Chinese

Traditional 總和

What 总和 means

  1. sum
  2. total

How to say 总和

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale总zǒng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale和hé2nd tone, rising

总和 in a sentence

  1. 五和三的总和是八。

    Wǔ hé sān de zǒnghé shì bā.

    The sum of five and three is eight.

    Sentence #1019879 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 总和 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 总 (zǒng) with each of its parts in a different colour
总zǒnggeneral; overall
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 心heart · xīn
The character 和 (hé) with each of its parts in a different colour
和héand; together with; with
  • 禾grain · héSound part
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 禾 (hé) hints at the sound. Compare it with hé.

How to write 总和

总 9 strokes · 和 8 strokes

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

Words related to 总和

Words with 总

总zǒng · always总是zǒngshì · always总结zǒngjié · to sum up总裁zǒngcái · president (of a company)总理zǒnglǐ · premier总统zǒngtǒng · president (of a country)总共zǒnggòng · altogether总算zǒngsuàn · at long last总之zǒngzhī · in a word总而言之zǒng'éryánzhī · in short

Words with 和

和hé · and暖和nuǎnhuo · warm和平hépíng · peace附和fùhè · to echo (someone’s views)缓和huǎnhé · to ease调和tiáohé · to reconcile和蔼hé'ǎi · kindly和睦hémù · harmonious和气héqi · friendly和谐héxié · harmonious

More words: Money & Economy

保险bǎoxiǎn · insurance财产cáichǎn · property产品chǎnpǐn · product转让zhuǎnràng · to transfer (ownership)资本zīběn · capital (economics)资产zīchǎn · assets资助zīzhù · to fund租赁zūlìn · to rent

FAQs

总和 (zǒnghé) means “sum” or “total”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zǒnghé: zǒng with a 3rd tone, then hé with a 2nd 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, 总和 is written 總和. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zonghe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 总和 from the suggestions. Typing zonghe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
总和 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.