總
zǒng HSK3

collect

总 (總) zǒng
always adverb
always; invariably; in every case

他总是一个人坐在窗边发呆。

tā zǒng shì yī gè rén zuò zài chuāng biān fā​dāi.

He is always sitting by the window in a daze.

anyway adverb
anyway; after all; eventually; surely

你总要面对这个问题。

nǐ zǒng yào miàn​duì zhè gè wèn​tí.

You have to face this problem eventually.

general adjective
general; overall; head (as in a head position)

他是这个项目的总负责人。

tā shì zhè gè xiàng​mù de zǒng fù​zé​rén.

He is the person in overall charge of this project.

sum up verb
to sum up; to put together; to total

把这些数目总一下。

bǎ zhè​xiē shù​mù zǒng yī​xià.

Sum up these numbers.

executive verb
abbreviation for titles such as general manager or editor-in-chief, usually following a surname

李总在办公室等您。

Lǐ zǒng zài bàn​gōng​shì děng nín.

General Manager Li is waiting for you in the office.

Cross-References

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 3.0
Level 3
Simplified
总
Strokes
17
Unicode
U+7E3D

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