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總是

總是

See also: 总是

Chinese

		always; to assemble; gather always; to assemble; gather; total; overall; head; chief; general; in every case	is; are; am is; are; am; yes; to be
trad. (總是)		總	是
simp. (总是)		总	是

Adverb

總是

always; invariably

Synonyms

(Cantonese, Hakka) 總係／总系

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zǒngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung² si⁶
Min Nan (POJ): chóng-sǐ / chóng-sī / chóng--sī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zǒngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoongshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung² si⁶
  - Yale: júng sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung² si⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³⁵ siː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóng-sǐ
  - Tâi-lô: tsóng-sǐ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕi²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóng-sī
  - Tâi-lô: tsóng-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zofngsi
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕi³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕi²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕi²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóng--sī
  - Tâi-lô: tsóng--sī