always / to assemble / gather / total / overall / head / chief / general / in every case
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general; overall / to sum up / in every case; always; invariably / anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
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How to pronounce 总

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= zu initial

Zu is for Zapatista Zebra.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)ng3 final

In the engine’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

总 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= b + a1
"eight" component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 八[ba1]
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one of the characters used in kwukyel, an ancient Korean writing system
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kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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xīn = xi + (e)n1
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
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Characters with 总 as component

quick at hearing / wise / clever / sharp-witted / intelligent / acute
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zǒng = zu + (e)ng3
variant of 總|总[zong3]
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Words with 总

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president (of a country) / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2],屆|届[jie4]
in a word / in short / in brief

Sentences with 总

总 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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zǒng

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