老是
lǎo shiㄌㄠˇ ㄕ˙
Sino-Vietnamese: LÃO THỊ
Traditional: 老是
HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 3
Meaning(adverb)
always
Examples
他老是迟到。
tā lǎo shì chí dào.
He's always late.
你别老是玩手机。
nǐ bié lǎo shì wán shǒu jī.
Stop playing on your phone all the time.
最近老是下雨。
zuì jìn lǎo shì xià yǔ.
It keeps raining lately.
Easily confused
- 总是 — 总是 is neutral; 老是 is colloquial and often implies annoyance.
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Stroke order
LÃO · 6 strokes
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person);
THỊ · 9 strokes
to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
Related words
- 老师 lǎo shī — teacher
- 老 lǎo — prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 老虎 lǎo hǔ — tiger
- 老板 lǎo bǎn — variant of 老板
- 老鼠 lǎo shǔ — rat; mouse
- 老实 lǎo shi — honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible
- 古老 gǔ lǎo — ancient; old; age-old
- 老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng — ordinary people; the "person in the street"