总值 (zǒng zhí) — total value, gross value

Definition

noun
total valuegross value

Examples

  • 总值。
    Zhè ge guó jiā de chū kǒu zǒng zhí zhú nián zēng zhǎng.
    The total export value of this country increases year by year.
  • 总值。
    Gōng sī zī chǎn zǒng zhí chāo guò shí yì yuán.
    The company's total asset value exceeds one billion yuan.
  • 总值。
    Jīn nián nóng chǎn pǐn de zǒng zhí bǐ qù nián gāo.
    The total value of agricultural products this year is higher than last year.

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
值zhívalue

总 means total and 值 means value, giving the overall amount of 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
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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