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zǒng

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zǒng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zǒng | zong3
English translation
always
to assemble
gather
total
overall
head
chief
general
in every case
to gather, to collect; overall, altogether

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About zǒng

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

zǒng

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Attributive / 区别词 Qūbié cí

Learning hint

Many mouths  kǒu speaking with one mind  xīn

Etymology of zǒng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

丷口心

Explanation

Simplified form of zǒng . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and cōng represents the sound. Based on the meaning "put together", since thread () is used to put things together.

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Example sentences using zǒng

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甚至 shènzhì 总统 zǒngtǒng 否认 fǒurèn zhǒng 谣传 yáo chuán .

Even the President helped out in this particular deception.

当然 dāngrán , 我们 wǒmen shǎng wán jiē 英语 Yīng yǔ Hòu , zǒng yāo yǒu 家庭 jiātíng 作业 zuòyè .

Certainly, we always have some homework after an English class.

我们 wǒmen zǒng 憋着性子 xìng zi ,好象 hǎo xiàng 人人 rén rén dōu zài gēn 我们 wǒmen 闹别扭 nào biè niu .

We used to suffer and act as though everybody was against us.

总是 zǒngshì hēng 儿哈儿 de ,就是 jiù shì shuì gōu 痛快 tòngkuài huà .

He hemmed and hawed but wouldn't say anything definite.

为什么 wèishénme zǒng xiǎng 责任 zérèn tuī dào 身上 shēn shang ne ?

Why are you trying to put the blame on me?

Words with zǒng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zǒng always zǒng
总是 zǒngshì always總是
总统 zǒngtǒng president (of a country)總統
总之 zǒngzhī in a word總之
总结 zǒngjié to sum up總結
总理 zǒnglǐ premier總理
总体 zǒng tǐ completely總體
总部 zǒng bù general headquarters總部
总经理 zǒng jīng lǐ CEO總經理
总裁 zǒngcái chairman總裁
总算 zǒngsuàn finally總算
总额 zǒng é total (amount or value)總額
总局 zǒng jú head office總局
总量 zǒng liàng total總量
总数 zǒng shù total總數
总监 zǒng jiān head總監
总共 zǒnggòng altogether總共
夜总会 yè zǒng huì nightclub夜總會
总决赛 zǒng jué sài finals (sports)總決賽
总书记 zǒng shū ji general secretary (of the Communist Party)總書記
副总裁 fù zǒng cái vice-chairman (of an organization)副總裁
老总 lǎo zǒng boss老總
副总理 fù zǒng lǐ vice-premier副總理
总公司 zǒng gōng sī parent company總公司
总计 zǒng jì (grand) total總計

zǒng Decomposition & Compounds

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zǒng Decomposition

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zǒng Compounds

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  • zǒng
    • cōng , zǒng ,
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