一共 (yī gòng) — altogether | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Used before a number to state a total sum ('in total, altogether'). It only counts; 总共 means the same, while 一起 means 'together (doing something)'.

adverb

altogether

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.

一共, 'all together', gives the sense of altogether.

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

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

共 shows 廾, two hands, holding up an object. That object was written 口 and later became the 廿-like top.

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