"Sum" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zǒng hé sum
 xiàng back of neck / item / thing / term (in a mathematical formula) / sum (of money) / classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc
 zǒng shù total / sum / aggregate
 hé shù sum (math.)
 jiā zǒng sum (result of addition) / addition / total / to add up a number of items / to accumulate
 zōng hé comprehensive / composite / synthesized / mixed / to sum up / to integrate / to synthesize
 zǒng jié to sum up / to conclude / summary / résumé / CL:個|个[ge4]
 fù kuǎn to pay a sum of money / payment
 jīn é sum of money / monetary value
 zǒng gòng altogether / in sum / in all / in total
 yíng yè é sum or volume of business / turnover
 gòng jì to sum up to / to total
 jù é large sum (of money) / a huge amount
 shù é amount / sum of money / fixed number
 zōng shù to sum up / a roundup / a general narrative
 guī nà to sum up / to summarize / to conclude from facts / induction (method of deduction in logic)
 diǎn xin light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert
 kuǎn xiàng funds / a sum of money / CL:宗[zong1]
 yīng shōu (of a sum of money etc) receivable
 jù zī huge investment / vast sum
 shè àn (of a perpetrator, victim, weapon, sum of money etc) to be involved in the case
 chā é balance (financial) / discrepancy (in a sum or quota) / difference
 chá lóu tearoom / teahouse / dim sum restaurant (Hong Kong)
 zhòng jīn large sum of money
 yǐn chá to have tea and refreshments / to have dim sum lunch (Cantonese)
 quán shù the entire sum / the whole amount
 zōng shàng suǒ shù to summarize / to sum up
 xī shù all / every single one / the entire sum
 jù kuǎn huge sum of money / CL:筆|笔[bi3]
 bō fù appropriate sum of money
 guī jié to sum up / to conclude / to put in a nutshell / conclusion / end (of a story etc)
 jiāo yì é sum or volume of business transactions / turnover
 qiàn zhài to owe a debt / the sum owed
 dà qián large sum of money / old Chinese type of coin of high denomination
 chá diǎn tea and cake / refreshments / tea and dim sum
 jù fù enormous sum / millionaire / very rich
 cài xīn choy sum / Chinese flowering cabbage / stem of any Chinese cabbage
 zǒng kuò to sum up / all-inclusive
退 duō tuì shǎo bǔ (after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment)
 lì shì business profit / auspicious / lucky / small sum of money offered on festive days
 kuǎn zi a sum of money / CL:筆|笔[bi3]
 bǐ suàn to do a sum in writing / written calculation
 jí zī é sum of money raised (in a share subscription)
 gǔ thigh / part of a whole / portion of a sum / (stock) share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1] / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions
 dài shù hé algebraic sum
 zōng to sum up / to put together / Taiwan pr. [zong4]
 lǒng to gather together / to collect / to approach / to draw near to / to add / to sum up / to comb (hair)
 zǒng de lái shuō generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short
 Gé sī tǎ Gestalt (loanword) / coherent whole / technical word used in psychology meaning the whole is more than the sum of its parts / holistic / integrated / total / also written 格式塔
 bǐ qián fund / sum of money
 luó bo gāo fried radish cake (a type of dim sum, commonly called "turnip cake")
 wǔ Japanese kokuji pr. shime or shite / to find a place to dwell / sum / measurement of paper / to do
 wǔ máo fifty cents (0.5 RMB) / (fig.) paltry sum of money / (abbr. for 五毛黨|五毛党[wu3 mao2 dang3]) hired Internet commenter
 hé gòng altogether / in sum
 wěi zi tail / end / small change / odd sum remaining after large round number
 chāi fàng kuǎn funds on call / invested sum that can be cashed
 shǔ chū to count out (a sum of money etc)
 huó qī zī jīn funds on call / invested sum that can be cashed
 liú chéng r a retained portion (of a sum of money) / to hold back a percentage (of the takings)
 zōng kuò to summarize / to sum up
 bǔ zú é complement / complementary sum
 hóng sè zhà dàn (jocular) wedding invitation (lit. "red bomb", because wedding invitations use red paper, and invitees are expected to give a substantial sum of money as a wedding gift)
 zhěng pī lump sum
 yī bǐ yù fù advance lump sum
  weighted sum technology
 zhěng bǐ lump sum
  zero sum game
 sǎn qián small sum of money / loose change / Cantonese equivalent of 零錢|零钱[ling2 qian2]
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