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
• 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/
• 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

(deprecated template usage) 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.

Synonyms

• 老是 (lǎoshì)
• (Cantonese, Hakka) 總係／总系
• (Cantonese) 分分鐘／分分钟 (fēnfēnzhōng)

Conjunction

1. (Hokkien) but; however

(deprecated template usage)