Chinese symbol for “always”
总是
zǒng shì
Traditional: 總是
always
The closest CC-CEDICT match for always is 总是 (zǒng shì), defined as: always.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “always”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 常 | cháng | always; ever |
| 从来 (從來) | cóng lái | always; at all times |
| 向来 (向來) | xiàng lái | always (previously) |
| 老是 | lǎo shi | always |
| 历来 (歷來) | lì lái | always; throughout (a period of time) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 总是.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 总统 (總統) | zǒng tǒng | president (of a country) |
| 总理 (總理) | zǒng lǐ | premier; prime minister |
| 总结 (總結) | zǒng jié | to sum up; to conclude |
| 总部 (總部) | zǒng bù | headquarters |
| 总之 (總之) | zǒng zhī | in a word; in short |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 就是 | jiù shì | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
See also: Japanese symbol for “always”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.