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总收入 (zǒng shōu rù) — total revenue, gross income, total income

Definition

总收入 = 总 ('total') + 收入 ('income/revenue'), used for both corporate gross revenue and personal gross income before deductions. The standard antonym is 总支出 (total expenditure).

noun
total revenuegross incometotal income

Examples

  • 总收入。
    Gōng sī jīn nián de zǒng shōu rù bǐ qù nián zēng jiā le bǎi fēn zhī shí.
    The company's total revenue this year increased by 10% compared to last year.
  • 总收入。
    Zhè ge xiàng mù de zǒng shōu rù yù jì jiāng dá dào wǔ qiān wàn.
    The total revenue of this project is expected to reach 50 million.
  • 总收入。
    Gè rén suǒ dé shuì shì gēn jù gè rén zǒng shōu rù jì suàn de.
    Personal income tax is calculated based on total personal income.

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
收入income
收shōureceive入rùin
补充Verb + complement

总 total applies to 收入, the amount received in.

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
攴攴pū
Sound part声符shēngfú
丩
丩jiū收shōu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

收 uses 攴 to show an action and 丩 as a sound clue; the old meaning was 'to arrest.'

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

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Appears in
Business & Commerce

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