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Mythic Mandarin

总是 (zǒng shì): meaning and stroke order

总是 (zǒng shì) means always.

总是

Simplified
总是
Traditional
總是
Pinyin
zǒng shì

Stroke order of 总是

总

  • zǒng (bound form) general; overall; to sum up
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 總

Stroke by stroke

是

  • shì to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true
  • shì variant of 是[shi4]
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 昰

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 总是

  1. zǒng shì Traditional 總是
    • always

Radicals of the characters

总
Radical 心 (Kangxi radical 61) · 9 strokes · 𠮦 on top, 心 below
是
Radical 日 (Kangxi radical 72) · 9 strokes · 日 on top, 𤴓 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

总是 in our stories

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  • 他发现，水总是往低处流；与其拦住它，不如给它找一条出路。

    tā fāxiàn shuǐ zǒngshì wǎng dīchù liú yǔqí lán zhù tā bùrú gěi tā zhǎo yì tiáo chūlù

    He saw that water always flows downhill: rather than stopping it, better to give it a way out.

    From the story Yu the Great tames the flood HSK 6

  • 城里有个算命先生叫袁守诚，算得特别准，渔夫们每天按照他说的方向撒网，总是满载而归。

    chéng lǐ yǒu gè suànmìng xiānsheng jiào Yuán Shǒuchéng suàn de tèbié zhǔn yúfū men měitiān ànzhào tā shuō de fāngxiàng sā wǎng zǒngshì mǎnzài ér guī

    In the city lived a fortune-teller called Yuan Shoucheng whose predictions were remarkably accurate. Every day the fishermen cast their nets where he told them and always came home fully laden.

    From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 总是

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).