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
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): zung³ si⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chóng-sī / chóng-sǐ / chóng--sī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zong² si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǒngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǒngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: tsung³-shih⁴
    • Yale: dzǔng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoongshyh
    • Palladius: цзунши (czunši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung² si⁶
    • Yale: júng sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung² si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung² xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³⁵ siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zung³ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʊŋ³¹ sz̩⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóng-sī
    • Tâi-lô: tsóng-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zofngsi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóng-sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: tsóng-sǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóng--sī
    • Tâi-lô: tsóng--sī
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zong² si⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsóng sĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ si³⁵/

Adverb

總是

1. 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.

2. anyway; after all; eventually

Synonyms

• (always): 老是 (lǎoshì), (Cantonese, Hakka) 總係／总系, (chiefly Cantonese) 分分鐘／分分钟 (fēnfēnzhōng)
• (anyway):

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• 到尾 (Eastern Min)
• 到底 (dàodǐ)
• 卒之 (zeot¹ zi¹) (Cantonese)
• 始終／始终 (shǐzhōng)
• 算是 (suànshì)
• 終／终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 終久／终久 (zhōngjiǔ)
• 終於／终于 (zhōngyú)
• 終歸／终归 (zhōngguī)
• 終究／终究 (zhōngjiū)
• 終須／终须 (zung¹ seoi¹) (Cantonese)
• 總歸／总归 (zǒngguī)
• 總算／总算 (zǒngsuàn)
• 高低 (gāodī)

 

Conjunction

總是

1. (Hokkien) but; however