总是(zǒng shì): always
always
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- zǒng shì
- Meaning
- always
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- 總是
Appears in lessons
总是 is taught in these textbook lessons.
Example sentences
How 总是 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
汤姆总是旷课。
tāng mǔ zǒng shì kuàng kè
Tom is always absent.
最近总是下雨。
zuì jìn zǒng shì xià yǔ
It's been raining all the time lately.
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