总共

• 拼音: zǒng gòng
• 汉字拆解: 总 = 心 (heart) + 囱 (chimney, phonetic), overall or general; 共 = two hands holding an object together, joint or shared

含义

In total; altogether; all together. Used to express the sum or combined quantity of something.

An adverb placed before a verb or number to indicate the grand total. Interchangeable in most contexts with 一共, though 总共 often feels slightly more emphatic or conclusive. Common in both spoken and written Chinese when summarising quantities.

例句

1. 这次旅行总共花了五天时间，我们去了三座城市。
2. 班里总共有三十二名同学，其中有十五名女生。
3. 这个项目总共需要投入大约一百万元的资金。

用法指南

语境: everyday, business, academic

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 我们总共订了四十个座位。(We reserved forty seats in total.)
• 这本书总共有三百页，你估计几天能读完？(This book has three hundred pages in total — how many days do you think it will take to finish?)

错误说法

• 在'总共'后直接用形容词 (Don't place an adjective directly after 总共 — it must be followed by a verb or numeral)

起源与历史

Compound of 总 (total, overall) and 共 (together, jointly). Together they reinforce the meaning of 'all together as a whole'.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal