总是

总是 zǒngshì in a sentence

Always

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 5 sentences

总是 (zǒngshì) means Always. Below are 5 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

总是 第一个到。

Tā zǒngshì dìyī gè dào.

He is always the first to arrive.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 总是

你为什么 总是 迟到?

Nǐ wèishénme zǒngshì chídào?

Why are you always late?

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 总是

总是 巴结上司。

Tā zǒngshì bājie shàngsi.

He always flatters his boss.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 巴结

From the graded readers

总是 先问:“你觉得呢?”

tā zǒngshì xiān wèn:" nǐ juéde ne / ní?"

She always asks first, "What do you think?"

Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher

我睡得很晚,第二天上班 总是 没精神。

wǒ shuì dehěn wǎn, dì'èr tiānshàng bān zǒngshì méi jīngshén.

I was going to sleep late, and always felt flat at work the next day.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs

Questions about 总是

How is 总是 used in a sentence?

This page shows 5 sentences using 总是 (zǒngshì, "Always"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 总是 an HSK word?

Yes — 总是 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.

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