Total in Chinese
total · HSK 5
总数
- 总 always
- 数 number
全校学生总数超过两千人。 The total number of students in the school exceeds two thousand.
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How do you say total in Chinese?
Total in Chinese is 总数 (zǒng shù). You can also say 总体 (zǒng tǐ), 共计 (gòng jì), 总计 (zǒng jì), 总 (zǒng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
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Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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