Ideographic: Many mouths 口 speaking with one mind 心Radical:

meaning for zǒng:

  • - always
  • - to assemble
  • - gather
  • - total
  • - overall
  • - head
  • - chief
  • - general
  • - in every casealwayspresident (of a country)
  • - Classifiers: 个 premier
  • - prime minister
  • - Classifiers: 个 to sum up
  • - to conclude
  • - summary
  • - résumé
  • - Classifiers: 个 completely
  • - totally
  • - total
  • - entire
  • - overall
  • - population (statistics)

lǎoshi老是
kūqióng哭穷
mǎi
dōngxi东西
zǒng
yào
tǎojiàhuánjià讨价还价

She always pleaded poverty and pared down prices.


xiàyǔ下雨
de
tiānqì天气
zǒng
ràng
zhěngtiān整天
fāchóu发愁

Rainy days always make me worry all day.


de
lǎopó老婆
gōngzuò工作
hěn
nǔlì努力
zǒng
néng
qǔdé取得
hěn
piàoliang漂亮
de
chéngjì成绩

My wife works very hard and always achieves impressive results.


wǒmen我们
hěnnán很难
xiāngchǔ相处
zǒng
yǒu
máodùn矛盾

We find it hard to get along with each other.


kěnéng可能
yǒu
bàofù抱负
hàoqiáng好强
de
zǒng
xiǎng
dìyī第一

You are probably ambitious and competitive, liking to be number one.