总是 zǒngshì

HSK level

Traditional form

總是

Part of speech

Conjunction / 连词 lián cí Lián cí

总 zǒng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of 總 zǒng . Phonosemantic compound. 糹 sī represents the meaning and 悤 cōng represents the sound. Based on the meaning "put together", since thread (糹 sī ) is used to put things together.

Positional decomposition

⿳丷口心

Number of Strokes

是 shì

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Origin unclear.

Positional decomposition

⿱日疋

Number of Strokes

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他 tā 总是 zǒngshì 哼 hēng 儿哈儿的 de ,就是 jiù shì 不 bù 说 shuì 句 gōu 痛快 tòngkuài 话 huà .

He hemmed and hawed but wouldn't say anything definite.

她 tā 穿针引线 chuān zhēn yǐn xiàn 时 shí ,总是 zǒngshì 眯眼蹙 cù 额 é .

She frowns when she's putting thread into a needle.

那个 nà ge 老师 lǎoshī 总 zǒng 是 shì 为 wéi 他 tā 以前 yǐqián 教过的 de 学生 xuésheng 说句好话 hǎo huà .

The teacher always puts in a good word for his former pupils.

老鼠 lǎoshǔ 总是 zǒngshì 在 zài 墙壁 qiáng bì 中 Zhōng 乱 luàn 窜 cuàn .

Mice are always scurrying about in the wall.

他们 tā men 总是 zǒngshì 以 yǐ 教 Jiào 名 míng 互相 hùxiāng 称呼 chēnghu .

They always addressed each other by their Christian name.

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 总是 zǒngshì and their own compounds.

总 zǒng

心 xīn , 口 kǒu , 八 bā

是 shì

正 zhēng , 日 Rì

See all 40 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 总是 zǒngshì in their composition.

总 zǒng

聪 cōng , 縂 zǒng , 搃

是 shì

題 tí

题 Tí , 提 tí , 匙 shī , 堤 dī , 缇 tí , 醍 tí , 媞 tí , 鳀 tí , 韪 wěi , 寔 shí , 湜 shí , 禔 tí , 諟, 踶 dì , 鍉 dī , 鞮 dī , 騠, 鶗 tí , 偍, 尟, 崼, 徥, 惿, 煶, 瑅, 睼, 碮, 緹, 翨, 蝭, 褆, 趧, 遈, 隄 dī , 韙 wěi , 鯷 tí