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zǒng
HSK 3.0 Level 3

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Definitions

  1. 1. general; overall
  2. 2. to sum up
  3. 3. in every case; always; invariably
  4. 4. anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later
  5. 5. surely

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 334059)

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Words Containing 总

总重
zǒng zhòng

gross weight

总指挥部
zǒng zhǐ huī bù

general headquarters

一总
yī zǒng

altogether

前总理
qián zǒng lǐ

former prime minister

中华全国体育总会
zhōng huá quán guó tǐ yù zǒng huì

All-China Sports Federation

总和
zǒng hé

sum

总监
zǒng jiān

head

总吨位
zǒng dūn wèi

overall tonnage (of a shipping fleet or company)

总数
zǒng shù

total

总理
zǒng lǐ

premier

总产量
zǒng chǎn liàng

total output

总参谋长
zǒng cān móu zhǎng

(military) Chief of Staff

前端总线
qián duān zǒng xiàn

(computing) front-side bus (FSB)

关税与贸易总协定
guān shuì yǔ mào yì zǒng xié dìng

GATT, the 1995 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

总是
zǒng shì

always

总部
zǒng bù

general headquarters

总合
zǒng hé

to collect together

总经理
zǒng jīng lǐ

general manager

加总
jiā zǒng

to aggregate; to calculate the total

总能
zǒng néng

total energy

总裁
zǒng cái

chairman

生产总值
shēng chǎn zǒng zhí

gross domestic production (GDP)

行政总厨
xíng zhèng zǒng chú

executive chef

总产值
zǒng chǎn zhí

gross product

总归
zǒng guī

eventually

香港足球总会
xiāng gǎng zú qiú zǒng huì

Hong Kong Football Association

总领馆
zǒng lǐng guǎn

consulate general

总得
zǒng děi

must

总会会长
zǒng huì huì zhǎng

president of the association

总务
zǒng wù

general matters

总统大选
zǒng tǒng dà xuǎn

presidential election

总会三明治
zǒng huì sān míng zhì

club sandwich

总量
zǒng liàng

total

总管理处
zǒng guǎn lǐ chù

headquarters

霸道总裁
bà dào zǒng cái

handsome high-powered businessman (a type of character in an eponymous genre of romantic fiction who typically has a soft spot for a girl of lower social status)

副总裁
fù zǒng cái

vice-chairman (of an organization)

总分
zǒng fēn

overall score

总而言之
zǒng ér yán zhī

in short

刘厚总
liú hòu zǒng

Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang Kaishek for killing Xiang Ying 項英|项英[xiàng yīng] during the 1941 New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[wǎn nán shì biàn]

总价
zǒng jià

total price

总统制
zǒng tǒng zhì

presidential system

总督
zǒng dū

governor-general

国家质量监督检验检疫总局
guó jiā zhì liàng jiān dū jiǎn yàn jiǎn yì zǒng jú

AQSIQ

总方针
zǒng fāng zhēn

general policy

总统府
zǒng tǒng fǔ

presidential palace

广电总局
guǎng diàn zǒng jú

formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013)

总长
zǒng zhǎng

name used for cabinet ministers between 1912-1927, superseded by 部長|部长[bù zhǎng]

总装备部
zǒng zhuāng bèi bù

General Armaments Department (GAD)

总决赛
zǒng jué sài

finals (sports)

总线
zǒng xiàn

computer bus

总杆赛
zǒng gān sài

stroke play (golf)

国内生产总值
guó nèi shēng chǎn zǒng zhí

gross domestic product (GDP)

通用串行总线
tōng yòng chuàn xíng zǒng xiàn

Universal Serial Bus, USB (computer)

林林总总
lín lín zǒng zǒng

in great abundance

中国海洋石油总公司
zhōng guó hǎi yáng shí yóu zǒng gōng sī

CNOOC; China National Offshore Oil Corporation

一次总付
yī cì zǒng fù

lump-sum (finance)

总括
zǒng kuò

to sum up

总干事
zǒng gàn shi

secretary-general

总政治部
zǒng zhèng zhì bù

(military) General Political Department

金刚总持
jīn gāng zǒng chí

Vajradhara

总述
zǒng shù

overview

总司令
zǒng sī lìng

commander-in-chief

中国核能总公司
zhōng guó hé néng zǒng gōng sī

China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC)

总共
zǒng gòng

altogether; in sum; in all; in total

总编辑
zǒng biān jí

chief editor (of newspaper)

大总统
dà zǒng tǒng

president (of a country)

数据总线
shù jù zǒng xiàn

data bus (computer)

两广总督
liǎng guǎng zǒng dū

Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi

总角之好
zǒng jiǎo zhī hǎo

childhood friend (idiom)

恐龙总目
kǒng lóng zǒng mù

Dinosauria, superorder within class Sauropsida containing dinosaurs and birds

总结
zǒng jié

to sum up

总算
zǒng suàn

at long last

总人口
zǒng rén kǒu

total population

内阁总理大臣
nèi gé zǒng lǐ dà chén

formal title of the Japanese prime minister

汇总表
huì zǒng biǎo

summary table

总卵黄管
zǒng luǎn huáng guǎn

common vitelline duct

把总
bǎ zǒng

low-level officer of the army from the Ming to the mid Qing Dynasty

总额
zǒng é

total (amount or value)

副总统
fù zǒng tǒng

vice-president

运营总监
yùn yíng zǒng jiān

chief operating officer (COO)

总法律顾问
zǒng fǎ lǜ gù wèn

general counsel

新闻出版总署
xīn wén chū bǎn zǒng shǔ

General Administration of Press and Publication (PRC state censorship organization)

汇总
huì zǒng

to gather (data etc)

总成本
zǒng chéng běn

total costs

总平面图
zǒng píng miàn tú

general layout

总开关
zǒng kāi guān

main switch

总次数
zǒng cì shù

total number of times

总谱
zǒng pǔ

musical score

总局
zǒng jú

head office

总领事
zǒng lǐng shì

consul general

海关总署
hǎi guān zǒng shǔ

General Administration of Customs (GAC)

总书记
zǒng shū ji

general secretary (of the Communist Party)

总机
zǒng jī

central exchange

中华全国总工会
zhōng huá quán guó zǒng gōng huì

All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU)

总署
zǒng shǔ

general office

总角之交
zǒng jiǎo zhī jiāo

childhood friend (idiom)

社会总需求
shè huì zǒng xū qiú

aggregate social demand

总社
zǒng shè

cooperative (organisation)

总称
zǒng chēng

generic term

总收入
zǒng shōu rù

gross income

总收益
zǒng shōu yì

total profit

总值
zǒng zhí

total value

总主教
zǒng zhǔ jiào

archbishop

总则
zǒng zé

general rules; general principles; general provisions

前总统
qián zǒng tǒng

former president

一言抄百总
yī yán chāo bǎi zǒng

to cut a long story short

总编
zǒng biān

chief editor (of newspaper)

总体上说
zǒng tǐ shàng shuō

looking at the big picture

总司令部
zǒng sī lìng bù

general headquarters

总风险
zǒng fēng xiǎn

aggregate risk

总览
zǒng lǎn

a general overview

总计
zǒng jì

(grand) total

总参谋部
zǒng cān móu bù

(military) General Staff Headquarters

总站
zǒng zhàn

terminus

总长
zǒng cháng

total length

总理衙门
zǒng lǐ yá men

the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office

总后勤部
zǒng hòu qín bù

(military) General Logistics Department

国民生产总值
guó mín shēng chǎn zǒng zhí

gross national product (GNP)

总体目标
zǒng tǐ mù biāo

overall target

总统选举
zǒng tǒng xuǎn jǔ

presidential election

周总理
zhōu zǒng lǐ

Premier Zhou Enlai 周恩來|周恩来 (1898-1976)

总公司
zǒng gōng sī

parent company

武经总要
wǔ jīng zǒng yào

\Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques\, book published in 1044 during the Northern Song Dynasty

夜总会
yè zǒng huì

nightclub

朝鲜总督府
cháo xiǎn zǒng dū fǔ

Japanese colonial administration of Korea 1910-1945

总要
zǒng yào

nevertheless

螽斯总科
zhōng sī zǒng kē

Tettigonioidea (katydids and crickets)

国家广播电视总局
guó jiā guǎng bō diàn shì zǒng jú

National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013)

百总
bǎi zǒng

see 把總|把总[bǎ zǒng]

档案总管
dàng àn zǒng guǎn

(computing) file manager

副总理
fù zǒng lǐ

vice-premier

总台
zǒng tái

front desk

总谐波失真
zǒng xié bō shī zhēn

(acoustics) total harmonic distortion (THD)

总领事馆
zǒng lǐng shì guǎn

consulate general

总热值
zǒng rè zhí

gross calorific value

总供给
zǒng gōng jǐ

aggregate supply

总的来说
zǒng de lái shuō

generally speaking

总统任期
zǒng tǒng rèn qī

presidential term of office

总揽
zǒng lǎn

to assume full responsibility

关贸总协定
guān mào zǒng xié dìng

GATT, the 1995 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

参谋总长
cān móu zǒng zhǎng

army Chief of Staff

总体规划
zǒng tǐ guī huà

overall plan

国家环保总局
guó jiā huán bǎo zǒng jú

(PRC) State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), former incarnation (until 2008) of 環境保護部|环境保护部[huán jìng bǎo hù bù]

累加总数
lěi jiā zǒng shù

cumulative total

总统
zǒng tǒng

president (of a country)

总集
zǒng jí

general collection

总体
zǒng tǐ

completely

总目
zǒng mù

superorder (taxonomy)

总动员
zǒng dòng yuán

general mobilization (for war etc)

总需求
zǒng xū qiú

aggregate demand

总运单
zǒng yùn dān

master air waybill (MAWB) (transport)

总回报
zǒng huí bào

total return

总有
zǒng yǒu

inevitably there will be

中国国家环境保护总局
zhōng guó guó jiā huán jìng bǎo hù zǒng jú

PRC State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA)

总之
zǒng zhī

in a word