Chinese word

总额

Pronunciation

Pinyinzǒng é

Meaning

  • nountotal

Example

你的总额是多少？nǐ de zǒng é shì duō shǎo

What is your total?

Illustration for 总额 (total)

More examples

本月的累计总额超过预算。běn yuè de lěi jì zǒng é chāo guò yù suàn

The cumulative total for this month exceeded the budget.

Core concept

The final amount created by combining several separate amounts into one.

Common phrases

  • 累计总额lěi jì zǒng é

    cumulative total

  • 预算总额yù suàn zǒng é

    budget total

  • 订单总额dìng dān zǒng é

    order total

Similar words

总金额zǒng jīn é: The full monetary amount calculated from several amounts.
合计hé jì: A total value made by combining several numbers or amounts.
总和zǒng hé: The result of adding several numbers together.
总数zǒng shù: A number showing how many things or people there are altogether.

Definition in Chinese

指各项金额或数目相加后得到的总金额。zhǐ gè xiàng jīn é huò shù mù xiāng jiā hòu dé dào de zǒng jīn é

Word origin

总额 (zǒngé, "total") combines 总 (zǒng, "overall") and 额 (é, "amount"), naming the amount that results when separate figures are brought together.

Usage tips

  • In everyday conversation, this noun is more formal than common spoken ways of saying "altogether," so it appears naturally on bills, forms, and financial questions.

Opposites

  • 净额jìng énet amountnoun

Related words

  • 总金额zǒng jīn étotal amountnoun
  • 累计总额lěi jì zǒng écumulative totalnoun

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