总价 (zǒng jià) — total price; total cost | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

total pricetotal cost

Examples

总价。
Zhè liàng chē de zǒng jià shì sān shí wàn.
The total price of this car is 300,000.
总价。
Zhàng dān shàng de zǒng jià bāo kuò shuì hé fú wù fèi.
The total price on the bill includes tax and service charge.
总价。
Wǎng gòu shí nǐ yào kàn qīng chǔ zǒng jià zài xià dān.
When shopping online, you need to check the total price before placing an order.

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.

The total price is the overall cost of everything.

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.

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

人介价

Meaning part形符xíngfú

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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