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共计 (gòng jì) — to total, to amount to

Definition

共计 (gòng jì) emphasizes a final grand total, often in reports or formal contexts. Unlike 总结 ('summarize ideas/content'), it strictly tallies quantities; closer in meaning to 总计.

verb
to totalto amount to

Examples

  • 共计。
    Zhè cì huó dòng gòng jì yǒu wǔ bǎi rén cān jiā.
    This event had a total of 500 participants.
  • 共计。
    Gōng sī gòng jì kuī sǔn le yì bǎi wàn yuán.
    The company lost a total of one million yuan.
  • 共计。
    Quán nián gòng jì shōu rù chāo guò shí yì yuán.
    Total annual revenue exceeded one billion yuan.

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.

共gòngtogether
计jìcount

共 (together) and 计 (count) combine to mean count together, i.e. total.

Characters in this word

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

  • 廾廾gǒngtwo hands
  • 口口kǒuan object

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 計; 计 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 計 pairs 言 (say) with 十 (all). The simplified 计 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical shape.

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