"老是" meaning in Chinese

See 老是 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʂʐ̩⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /lou̯¹³ siː²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²²/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/, /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʂʐ̩⁴/, /lou̯¹³ siː²²/, /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²²/, /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²/, /lɔ²² zz̩⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: lǎoshì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄠˇ ㄕˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lou⁵ si⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], láu-sǐ, láu-sī, ⁶lau-zy, lǎoshì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], lǎoshi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄌㄠˇ ㄕˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄕ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard, toneless-final-syllable-variant], lǎoshi̊h [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], lao³-shih⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], lǎu-shr [Mandarin, Yale, standard], lao.shyh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], лаоши [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], laoši [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], lou⁵ si⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], lóuh sih [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], lou⁵ si⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], lou⁵ xi⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], láu-sǐ [Hokkien, POJ], láu-sǐ [Hokkien, Tai-lo], láu-sī [Hokkien, POJ], láu-sī [Hokkien, Tai-lo], lawsi [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ⁶lau-zy [Wu], lau^去 zy [Wu], ³lau-zr [Wu], /lɔ²² zz̩⁴⁴/ [Wu]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 老是
  1. (colloquial, often derogatory) always; forever Tags: colloquial, derogatory, often Synonyms: 總是/总是 (zǒngshì), 總是 (zǒngshì), 总是 (zǒngshì), 總係 [Cantonese, Hakka], 总系 [Cantonese, Hakka]

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      "zh-pron": "lǎoshì"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄕˋ"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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    {
      "zh-pron": "láu-sǐ"
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      "zh-pron": "lǎoshi"
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        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄕˋ"
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    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³-shih⁵"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "lǎu-shr"
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao.shyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лаоши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laoši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
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        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
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    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
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        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-sǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-sǐ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-sī"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lawsi"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
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      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶lau-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lau^去 zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³lau-zr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/lɔ²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʂʐ̩⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ siː²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/lɔ²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
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  "word": "老是"
}
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      "zh-pron": "lǎoshì"
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      "zh-pron": "láu-sǐ"
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        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄕ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎoshi̊h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³-shih⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-shr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao.shyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лаоши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laoši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʂʐ̩⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lóuh sih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ xi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-sǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-sǐ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lawsi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶lau-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lau^去 zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³lau-zr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/lɔ²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʂʐ̩⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ siː²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zǒngshì",
      "word": "總是/总是"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǒngshì",
      "word": "總是"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǒngshì",
      "word": "总是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "總係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "总系"
    }
  ],
  "word": "老是"
}

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