All the time in Chinese
all the time · HSK 3
总是
- 总 always
- 是 to be
Other ways to say all the time
More words with 总 or 是
How do you say all the time in Chinese?
All the time in Chinese is 总是 (zǒng shì). You can also say 老 (lǎo), 直 (zhí).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.