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
(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): /t͡sʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ 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/
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
- (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):

Synonyms of 總是

到尾 (Min Dong)
到底 (dàodǐ)
卒之 (Cantonese)
算是 (suànshì)
高低 (gāodī)
始終／始终 (shǐzhōng)
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 (Cantonese)
總歸／总归 (zǒngguī)
總算／总算 (zǒngsuàn)

Conjunction

總是

(Hokkien) but; however

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