总成绩 (zǒng chéng jī) — overall score, total grade, final result

Definition

noun
overall scoretotal gradefinal result

Examples

  • 总成绩。
    Tā de zǒng chéng jī shì quán bān dì yī.
    His overall score is first in the class.
  • 总成绩。
    Zhè cì kǎo shì de zǒng chéng jī bāo kuò píng shí zuò yè hé qī mò kǎo.
    The total grade for this exam includes regular assignments and the final exam.
  • 总成绩。
    Yùn dòng yuán de zǒng chéng jī yóu sān gè xiàng mù xiāng jiā dé chū.
    The athlete's total result is obtained by adding up three events.

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
成绩achievement
成chéngachievement绩jìmerit
联合Side by side

总 (total) + 成绩 (achievement) means an overall result.

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.

Open 总 →

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
戊戊wù
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng成chéng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

成 puts 戊, a weapon, beside 丁, which gives the sound. The weapon part relates to protection, as in the old sense of city walls.

Open 成 →

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 績; 绩 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìthread
Sound part声符shēngfú
責
責zé績jì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 績 pairs 糸, thread, with 責 for the sound; the simplified 绩 is a later abbreviation.

Open 绩 →

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