总价值 (zǒng jià zhí) — total value

Definition

noun
total value

Examples

  • 总价值。
    Zhè dòng fáng zi de zǒng jià zhí hěn gāo.
    The total value of this house is very high.
  • 总价值。
    Tā jì suàn le suǒ yǒu zī chǎn de zǒng jià zhí.
    He calculated the total value of all assets.
  • 总价值。
    Zhè xiē gǔ dǒng de zǒng jià zhí nán yǐ gū jì.
    The total value of these antiques is hard to estimate.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

总zǒngtotal
价值value
价jiàprice值zhíworth
联合Side by side

总 means total and 价值 means value, giving total value.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 總; 总 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìrope
Sound part声符shēngfú
悤
悤cōng總zǒng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 總 has 糸, a rope, and 悤 as a sound part; the rope part is for binding together. This account is for 總, not for 总.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
介
介jiè价jiè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

价 pairs 人 (person) with 介, which gives the sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
直
直zhí值zhí
Same sound today

值 is made from 亻 (written in full as 人, a person) and 直, with 直 giving the sound.

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