总
zǒng HSK3

collect

总 總 zǒng
always adverb
always; invariably; all the time

我总想自己制作电影。

wǒ zǒng xiǎng zì​jǐ zhì​zuò diàn​yǐng.

I've always wanted to make my own films.

他话总这么多吗？

tā huà zǒng zhè​me duō ma?

Does he always talk so much?

after all adverb
after all; anyway; inevitably; sooner or later; used to emphasize a final outcome or necessity

两天总比没有好。

liǎng tiān zǒng bǐ méi​yǒu hǎo.

Two days is better than nothing.

overall adjective
(bound form) general; overall; total; comprehensive

总的飞行时间大约18个小时。

zǒng de fēi​xíng shí​jiān dà​yuē18 ge xiǎo​shí.

Total flying time is approximately 18 hours.

to assemble adverbconjunction
to assemble; to put together; to sum up
chief adjective
(bound form) chief; head; leading; for-the-whole
at least
at least; surely; certainly
Manager
short for 总经理 zǒng​jīng​lǐ or other senior titles like 总编辑 zǒng​biān​jí
surname
a Chinese surname
probably
used to indicate an estimation or conjecture, meaning probably, likely, or must have

Cross-References

Abbreviation of

Same as

Has old variant

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
228th most common 953.3 per million
Movie subtitles
266th most common 636.2 per million appears in 92% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
295.1 per million appears in 68% of films
Written text
342.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Traditional
總
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+603B

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)