合计 héjì to add up the total
to add up the total; to figure what something amounts to; to consider
How to remember 合计: 合 join together + 计 calculate = to add up the total.
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How it is used
- Read héjì, 'to total up / sum' - 合计一百元 (héjì yìbǎi yuán) totaling 100 yuan.
- But colloquially (often héji) it means 'to think over / mull / figure out': 我合计合计 (let me think it through). Two distinct uses in one word - accounting total vs pondering.