累计

• Pinyin: lěi jì
• Hanzi breakdown: 累 = 田 + 糸 (accumulate/pile up); 计 = 讠+ 十 (count/calculate — ten words spoken)

Meaning

Cumulative total; accumulated sum or count; to add up to a total.

Emphasises the resulting total or cumulative figure rather than the process of accumulation. Commonly used in statistics, finance, and official reports to refer to running totals or aggregate figures. Compare 累积, which highlights the gradual process.

Examples

1. 截至本月底，项目累计销售额已超过一亿元。 As of the end of this month, the project’s cumulative sales have exceeded 100 million yuan.
2. 这座城市今年累计接待国内外游客达五百万人次。 This city has received a cumulative total of five million domestic and international visitors this year.
3. 工程累计投入资金已远超最初预算的两倍。 Total investment in the project has already far exceeded twice the original budget.

Usage Guide

Context: statistics, finance, official reports, data

Tone: official, neutral

Do Say

• 截至目前，累计损失已超过一千万元。(As of now, the cumulative loss has exceeded ten million yuan.)
• 今年累计降雨量创下近五十年来的历史新高。(This year's cumulative rainfall has reached a record high in the past fifty years.)

Don't Say

• 将累计与累积完全互换 — 累计偏重统计结果和总量，累积偏重积累过程，两者使用语境不同

Origin & History

累 (to pile up/accumulate) + 计 (to count/calculate)

Cultural Context

Era: Modern

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal