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总额

zǒng'é

total amount; aggregate sum

A person placing a red coin atop a tall coin column beside a sand-colored abacus
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Characters in this word

总 zǒng

Strokes
9
Radical
心 — heart
Made of
丷 horns 口 mouth 心 heart
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

额 é

Strokes
15
Radical
页 — page, sheet, leaf
Made of
客 guest, traveller 页 page, sheet, leaf
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 额

Example phrases

  • 预算总额虽然增加了,但真正用于一线项目的比例反而下降。 Yùsuàn zǒng'é suīrán zēngjiā le, dàn zhēnzhèng yòng yú yīxiàn xiàngmù de bǐlì fǎn'ér xiàjiàng. Although the total budget increased, the proportion actually used for frontline projects fell instead.
  • 这两笔款项的总额超过了一百万元。 Zhè liǎng bǐ kuǎnxiàng de zǒng'é chāoguò le yībǎi wàn yuán. The total amount of these two payments exceeds one million yuan.
  • 年底结算,公司的交易总额比去年高了不少。 Niándǐ jiěsuàn, gōngsī de jiāoyì zǒng'é bǐ qùnián gāo le bùshǎo. At the year-end settlement, the company's total transaction volume was much higher than last year.

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