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总额 (zǒng é) — total amount, total value

Definition

总额 is the total monetary amount or sum of money (合同总额, 销售总额). Unlike 总数 (count of items) or 总体 (the whole picture), it focuses specifically on a quantity of money.

noun
total amounttotal value

Examples

  • 总额。
    Hé tong zǒng é wèi yì bǎi wàn yuán.
    The total contract amount is one million yuan.
  • 总额。
    Gōng sī jīn nián de xiāo shòu zǒng é zēng zhǎng le bǎi fēn zhī shí.
    The company's total sales this year increased by ten percent.
  • ，总额。
    Qǐng bǎ gè xiàng fèi yòng jiā qǐ lái, suàn chū zǒng é.
    Please add up all the expenses and calculate the total.

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
额éamount

总 gathers all, 额 gives amount, together naming the total amount.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 額; 额 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yèhead
Sound part声符shēngfú
客
客kè額é
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 額 combines 頁 (head), which points to the meaning, with 客, which gives the sound. The simplified 额 is a later abbreviation.

Open 额 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Quantity & Amount

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