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

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yīgòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄍㄨㄥˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yi² gong⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ gung⁶

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yit-khiung

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yid⁵ kiung⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): ieh⁴ gung³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-kiōng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷iq-gon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīgòng [Phonetic: yígòng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄍㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yigòng
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-kung⁴
    • Yale: yī-gùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: igonq
    • Palladius: игун (igun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yi² gong⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: igung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹ koŋ²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ gung⁶
    • Yale: yāt guhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ gung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ gung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kʊŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-khiung
    • Hakka Romanization System: id` kiung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid<sup>5</sup> kiung<sup>4</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚² kʰi̯uŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-khiung
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` kiung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ kiung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² kʰi̯uŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yid⁵ kiung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚¹ kʰiʊŋ⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ieh⁴ gung³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /iəʔ² kũŋ⁴⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-kiōng
    • Tâi-lô: it-kiōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: itkiong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ kiɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ kiɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ kiɔŋ²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷iq-gon
    • MiniDict: ih^入 gon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴iq-gon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɪʔ³³ ɡoŋ⁴⁴/

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 with material and labour all together?

   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

• 勞總／劳总 (lau² zong³) (Xiang)
• 合共 (hégòng)
• 合總／合总 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 提封 (tífēng) (literary)
• 攏共／拢共 (lǒnggòng)
• 攏總／拢总 (lǒngzǒng)
• 統共／统共 (tǒnggòng)
• 總共／总共 (zǒnggòng)
• 通共 (tōnggòng) (colloquial)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 一共 (“altogether; in total”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		一共, 總共, 統共
Mandarin	Beijing	總共, 統共, 通攏兒
	Jinan	共總, 總共, 統共
	Xi'an	總共, 一共
	Wuhan	一共, 合共
	Chengdu	攏共, 總共
	Yangzhou	攏共
	Hefei	共總, 攏共, 一共
	Singapore	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	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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīgòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄍㄨㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīgòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄍㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yigòng
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-kung⁴
    • Yale: yī-gùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: igonq
    • Palladius: игун (igun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹/

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