老是

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	be; yes; this
trad. (老是)		老	是
simp. #(老是)		老	是

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): láu-sǐ / láu-sī
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶lau-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoshì → lǎoshi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕˋ → ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoshi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-shih⁵
    • Yale: lǎu-shr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao.shyh
    • Palladius: лаоши (laoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʂʐ̩⁴/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 老事 老式 老是 老視／老视

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ si⁶
    • Yale: lóuh sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ siː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 老是 老視／老视

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: láu-sǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-sī
    • Tâi-lô: láu-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lawsi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lau-zy
    • MiniDict: lau^去 zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² zz̩⁴⁴/

Adverb

老是

1. (colloquial, often derogatory) always; forever

Synonyms

• 總是／总是 (zǒngshì)
• (Cantonese, Hakka) 總係／总系

Dialectal synonyms of 老是 (“always”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		老是, 總是
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	儘
	Guilin	儘
Mandarin	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	儘
	Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle)	好稠
	Singapore	總是
Cantonese	Guangzhou	成日
	Hong Kong	成日
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	論日
	Hepu (Shatian)	成日
	Beihai	總係
	Beihai (Nankang)	成日
	Beihai (Yingpan)	常是
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	成日
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	成日
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	成日
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	成日
	Móng Cái	成日
Southern Min	Chaozhou	惦惦
	Raoping	惦惦
	Shantou	惦惦
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	惦惦
	Bangkok (Teochew)	惦惦, 多是
Xiang	Xiangtan	儘