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老是

lǎoshì

always

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Meaning of 老是 in English

lǎoshìHSK 4adverbSyllabus #1458
  1. always

Example sentences

  1. 汤姆老是发牢骚。
    tāng mǔ lǎo shì fā láo sāo。
    Tom complains all the time.
    Tatoeba #4760015 by ryanwoo · #4700098 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

老 on its own →
lǎo · old (of people)

HSK words with 老

老师HSK 1老HSK 3老人HSK 3老虎HSK 4老家HSK 4老年HSK 4古老HSK 5老板HSK 5老公HSK 5老婆HSK 5
是 on its own →
shì · to be (followed by substantives only)

HSK words with 是

是HSK 1但是HSK 2还是HSK 2可是HSK 3只是HSK 3总是HSK 3就是HSK 4是否HSK 4要是HSK 4于是HSK 4

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