Chinese word

总计

Pronunciation

Pinyinzǒng jì

Meaning

  • verbadd up

Example

把这些费用总计一下吧。bǎ zhè xiē fèi yòng zǒng jì yí xià ba

Let's add up these expenses.

Illustration for 总计 (add up)

More examples

年底，公司各项支出总计下来超过一百万元。nián dǐ gōng sī gè xiàng zhī chū zǒng jì xià lái chāo guò yì bǎi wàn yuán

At the end of the year, the company's various expenses added up to more than one million yuan.

Core concept

Turns a list of separate figures into one overall figure.

Common phrases

  • 总计下来zǒng jì xià lái

    add up to

  • 总计有zǒng jì yǒu

    amount to

Similar words

合计hé jì: Adds the amounts of listed items to find their combined total.
汇总huì zǒng: Gathers data or documents and organizes them into one summary.
统计tǒng jì: Processes data to work out numbers, shares, or other results.
累计lěi jì: Builds up figures over time to calculate a cumulative total.

Definition in Chinese

把若干项数值加在一起，得出总数或总额的动作或结果。bǎ ruò gān xiàng shù zhí jiā zài yì qǐ dé chū zǒng shù huò zǒng é de dòng zuò huò jié guǒ

Word origin

总计 (zǒngjì, "total") is formed from 总 (zǒng, "whole") and 计 (jì, "calculate"), placing the idea of the whole before the calculation.

Usage tips

  • The word applies to money, scores, quantities, and headcounts, so it is not limited to financial statements in everyday Chinese.

Other meanings

  • in totaladverb
  • totalnoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 总计额zǒng jì étotal amountnoun

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