ZONG-3

(‘zong’ in the third tone)

There are some 18 standard Chinese characters with a ‘zong’ pronunciation. Major sound-indicating components are: 宗 (8 occurences), 从 (5 occurences, even though as character by itself, 从 is spoken ‘cong’, not ‘zong’).

总 = zong(3) = total (however, this character is seldom used as a stand-alone word)

总是 = zong(3)shi(4) = always

Click on the sample sentence below to hear it spoken:

你总是出去上网. = Ni(3) zong(3)shi(4) chu(1) qu(4) shang(3) wang(3). = You always go out to access the Internet.