一共

Chinese

one; single; a
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 
all together; in while; to share
all together; in while; to share; common; general; together; total
 
simp. and trad.
(一共) 		一 共

Pronunciation 1

Adverb

一共

  1. altogether; in total; in all; in sum
    連工帶料，一共多少錢？ [MSC, trad.]
    连工带料，一共多少钱？ [MSC, simp.]
    Lián gōng dài liào, yīgòng duōshào qián? [Pinyin]
    How much is it altogether with material and labor?
    我們一共十二個人吃飯。 [MSC, trad.]
    我们一共十二个人吃饭。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒmen yīgòng shí èr ge rén chīfàn. [Pinyin]
    There were twelve of us in all for dinner.
    他一共也沒說幾句話。 [MSC, trad.]
    他一共也没说几句话。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā yīgòng yě méi shuō jǐ jù huà. [Pinyin]
    He didn't say much. [lit. He didn't say many sentences.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 一共 (“altogether; in total”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 一共, 總共, 統共
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 總共, 統共, 通攏兒
Singapore 一共
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 共總, 總共, 統共
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 總共, 一共
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 攏共, 總共
Wuhan 一共, 合共
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 攏共
Hefei 共總, 攏共, 一共
Cantonese Guangzhou 一共, 總共
Hong Kong 一共, 總共
Yangjiang 一共
Gan Nanchang 總共
Hakka Meixian 撈等, 攏總, 總共, 一共, 撈總
Jin Taiyuan 總共, 一共, 滿共 small amounts
Northern Min Jian'ou 總把, 共攏總, 攏總
Eastern Min Fuzhou 共總, 攏總
Southern Min Xiamen 攏總, 總共
Singapore (Hokkien) 攏總
Manila (Hokkien) 攏總
Chaozhou 攏總, 統共
Wu Shanghai 一塌刮子, 共總, 總共, 一共, 一總, 統共, 亨八冷, 亨八冷打, 攏總, 攏共 dated, 一齊 dated, 一起拉起 dated
Suzhou 共總, 一共
Wenzhou 沓攏, 總共, 一共, 攏總
Xiang Changsha 一共, 總共, 牢總 small amounts, 牢共 small amounts
Shuangfeng 一共, 總共, 牢共 small amounts

Pronunciation 2

Noun

一共

  1. short for 第一共和國／第一共和国 (dì-yī gònghéguó, “first republic”)
  2. (figurative) Mao or pre-reform era of the People's Republic of China
Coordinate terms
  • 二共
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