总汇 (zǒng huì) — to converge, to flow together (of rivers, currents); to come together, to assemble (of people or ideas, formal); to aggregate, to compile (of data or information)

Definition

总汇 (zǒnghuì) is a formal/literary verb meaning 'to converge, to gather into one place' — used for rivers, data, or people assembling. Reads more written than the everyday 集合 (jíhé).

verb
to convergeto flow together (of rivers, currents)to come togetherto assemble (of people or ideas, formal)to aggregateto compile (of data or information)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 总汇。
    Duō tiáo hé liú zài zhè ge dì qū zǒng huì.
    Multiple rivers converge in this area.
  • 总汇。
    Gè dì de shù jù dōu zǒng huì dào zhè ge xì tǒng lǐ.
    Data from various regions all come together into this system.
  • 总汇，。
    Lái zì bù tóng lǐng yù de zhuān jiā zǒng huì yì táng, tǎo lùn fāng àn.
    Experts from different fields gathered together to discuss the plan.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

总zǒnggather
汇huìflow together

总 and 汇 both convey gathering or flowing together, giving a sense of converging or aggregating.

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 匯; 汇 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 汇 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (汇, 汇款) it is 匯; in others (词汇, 汇报) it is 彙.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
匚匚fāng
Sound part声符shēngfú
淮
淮huái匯huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 匯 is built from 匚 as a meaning part and 淮 as a sound part.

Open 汇 →

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