HSK 5 · Society

总统 zǒngtǒng “president (of a country)” in Chinese

Said as zóngtǒng

Traditional 總統

What 总统 means

  1. president (of a country)

How to say 总统

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

Said as zóngtǒng. 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

总统 in a sentence

  1. 总统拒绝回答那个问题。

    Zǒngtǒng jùjué huídá nà ge wèntí.

    The president refused to answer the question.

    Sentence #333537 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他后来写信给总统。

    Tā hòulái xiěxìn gěi zǒngtǒng.

    He later wrote to the president.

    Sentence #1394976 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他以总统的身份访问了日本。

    Tā yǐ zǒngtǒng de shēnfèn fǎngwèn le Rìběn.

    He visited Japan in his capacity as president.

    Sentence #427548 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 总统 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 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 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 总统

总 9 strokes · 统 9 strokes

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

Words related to 总统

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总共zǒnggòng · altogether总算zǒngsuàn · at long last总之zǒngzhī · in a word总和zǒnghé · sum总而言之zǒng'éryánzhī · in short

Words with 统

统一tǒngyī · to unify系统xìtǒng · system传统chuántǒng · tradition统治tǒngzhì · to rule统计tǒngjì · statistics统统tǒngtǒng · all统筹兼顾tǒngchóujiāngù · to plan as a whole and consider all aspects

More words: Society & Law

制度zhìdù · system (of rules)秩序zhìxù · order (orderly state)主席zhǔxí · chairperson总理zǒnglǐ · premier案件ànjiàn · legal case拜年bàinián · to give New Year greetings颁布bānbù · to promulgate颁发bānfā · to award

FAQs

总统 (zǒngtǒng) means “president (of a country)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zǒngtǒng: zǒng with a 3rd tone, then tǒng with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like zóngtǒng. 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, 总统 is written 總統. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zongtong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 总统 from the suggestions. Typing zongtong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
总统 is an HSK 5 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.