總是

See also: 总是

Chinese

		always; to assemble; gather always; to assemble; gather; total; overall; head; chief; general; in every case	be; yes; this
trad. (總是)		總	是
simp. (总是)		总	是

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǒngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung² si⁶
Min Nan (POJ): chóng-sī / chóng-sǐ / chóng--sī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zǒngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoongshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung² si⁶
  - Yale: júng sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung² si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung² xi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³⁵ siː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóng-sī
  - Tâi-lô: tsóng-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zofngsi
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕi²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕi³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóng-sǐ
  - Tâi-lô: tsóng-sǐ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕi²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóng--sī
  - Tâi-lô: tsóng--sī

Adverb

總是

always; invariably
投資總是有風險因素。 [MSC, trad.]
投资总是有风险因素。 [MSC, simp.]
Tóuzī zǒngshì yǒu fēngxiǎn yīnsù. [Pinyin]
There is always an element of risk when making an investment.

你的朋友總是說髒話。 [MSC, trad.]
你的朋友总是说脏话。 [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ de péngyǒu zǒngshì shuō zānghuà. [Pinyin]
Your friend always uses foul language.

我去他家的時候，心情總是興奮和擔憂各半。 [MSC, trad.]
我去他家的时候，心情总是兴奋和担忧各半。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ qù tā jiā de shíhòu, xīnqíng zǒngshì xìngfèn hé dānyōu gèbàn. [Pinyin]
When I go to his place I always feel excited and worried in equal measure.

Synonyms

(Cantonese, Hakka) 總係／总系

Conjunction

總是

(Hokkien) but; however

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