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总是 zǒng shì

HSK 3 word · traditional 總是

Meanings

• always

Characters

• 总 zǒng: (bound form) general; overall
• 是 shì: to be (followed by substantives only)

Example sentences

他总是在笑。
He is always laughing.
Tatoeba #334059 by fucongcong (CC BY 2.0 FR)

我总是饿了。
I'm always hungry.
Tatoeba #1819543 by wyodoodoyw (CC BY 2.0 FR)

我总是很忙。
I am forever busy.
Tatoeba #3658535 by hefeiming (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Meanings and readings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).