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
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zǒngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄕˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): зунсы (zunsɨ, II-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung² si⁶
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): zung³ si⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chóng-sī / chóng-sǐ / chóng--sī

(Teochew, Peng'im): zong² si⁶

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 ʂɻ̩⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: зунсы (zunsɨ, II-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suŋ⁵¹ sɹ̩⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
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 sɹ̩⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóng-sī
  - Tâi-lô: tsóng-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zofngsi
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóng-sǐ
  - Tâi-lô: tsóng-sǐ
  - Sinological 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

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.
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

(Taiwanese Hokkien) but; however

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 但是 (“but; however”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		而, 然, 但, 卻, 則
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		但是, 但, 可是, 不過, 然而
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	但是, 但, 可是, 不過
	Malaysia	但
	Singapore	但, 但是, 可是, 不過
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	但是
Southwestern Mandarin	Pematangsiantar	tapi
Cantonese	Guangzhou	但係, 不過, 之不過, 之但係
	Hong Kong	但係, 不過, 之不過, 之但係, but
	Taishan	但係
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	但係
	Singapore (Guangfu)	但係, 不過, 之不過
Hakka	Meixian	但係, 董係
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	但係, 毋過
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	但係, 毋過, 毋故
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	但係, 毋過
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	但係, 毋過
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	但係, 毋過
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	毋過
	Senai (Huiyang)	但係
	Kuching (Hepo)	tapi
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	但是
Eastern Min	Matsu	但是
Southern Min	Xiamen	但是, 毋過, 毋句, 不過, 不而過
	Quanzhou	但是, 毋句, 不過, 不而過
	Zhangzhou	但是, 毋過, 不過, 不而過
	Taipei	但是, 毋過, 不而過
	Penang (Hokkien)	tapi, 但是
	Singapore (Hokkien)	tapi, 但是, 毋句, 毋過
	Manila (Hokkien)	毋過, 但是, 毋句
	Medan (Hokkien)	tapi
	Shantou	是呾
	Shantou (Chenghai)	是呾
	Jieyang	是呾, 比補
	Bangkok (Teochew)	但是, แต่ว่า
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	但是, tapi
	Singapore (Teochew)	tapi, 不過, 但是
	Wenchang	但是
	Qionghai	但是
Wu	Shanghai	但是, 必過, 不過, 但不過, 但必過
Wu	Wuxi	但必過