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): ㄧㄍㄨㄥˋ
(Chengdu, SP): yi² gong⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ gung⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yit-khiung
(Meixian, Guangdong): yid⁵ kiung⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): ieh⁴ gung³
Min Nan (POJ): it-kiōng
Wu (Wiktionary): iq gon (T4)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīgòng [Phonetic: yígòng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄍㄨㄥˋ
  - 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)⁺
  - 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: yid⁵ kiung⁴
  - 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 cʰiʊŋ⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ieh⁴ gung³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /iəʔ² kũŋ⁴⁵/
Min Nan
- (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
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: iq gon (T4)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯ɪʔ³³ ɡ̊ʊŋ⁴⁴/

Adverb

一共

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

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合共 (hégòng)
提封 (tífēng) (literary)
通共 (tōnggòng) (colloquial)
勞總／劳总 (Xiang)
合總／合总 (Min Nan)

攏共／拢共 (lǒnggòng)
攏總／拢总 (lǒngzǒng)
統共／统共 (tǒnggòng)
總共／总共 (zǒnggòng)

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
Min Bei	Jian'ou	總把, 共攏總, 攏總
Min Dong	Fuzhou	共總, 攏總
Min Nan	Xiamen	攏總, 總共
	Singapore (Hokkien)	攏總
	Manila (Hokkien)	攏總
	Chaozhou	攏總, 統共
Wu	Suzhou	共總, 一共
Wu	Wenzhou	沓攏, 總共, 一共, 攏總
Xiang	Changsha	一共, 總共, 牢總 small amounts, 牢共 small amounts
Xiang	Shuangfeng	一共, 總共, 牢共 small amounts

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīgòng
(Zhuyin): ㄧㄍㄨㄥˋ

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

Noun

一共

Short for 第一共和國／第一共和国 (dì-yī gònghéguó, “first republic”).
(figuratively) Mao or pre-reform era of the People's Republic of China

Coordinate terms

二共