老是

lǎoshì
  1. (colloquial, often derogatory) always; forever
  2. always; forever

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Homographs

老是 lǎoshi always

Examples

他老是开夜车。

He always sits up late at night.

He's always burning the midnight oil.

Source: Tatoeba

汤姆老是发牢骚。

Tom complains all the time.

Source: Tatoeba

這兒老是這麼冷嗎？

Is it always so cold here?

Source: Tatoeba

我最近老是見到他。

I have seen much of him lately.

I've seen a lot of him recently.

Source: Tatoeba

我老是写白字读破句。

As usual, I mispronounced words and broke my sentences up in the wrong places.

Source: Tatoeba

她老是弄丢她的手帕。

She is always losing her handkerchief.

Source: Tatoeba

我老是忘記人們的名字。

I always forget people's names.

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他在學校老是被人欺負。

He always gets bullied at school.

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他老是把我和我姐姐搞错。

He always mistakes me for my sister.

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她老是吹嘘自己是个游泳健将。

She always boasts of being a good swimmer.

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小李經常失眠，因为他的鄰居老是大聲地吵架。

Xiaoli often loses sleep because his neighbours are always arguing loudly.

Source: Tatoeba

你这孩子！别老是接触一些陌生人，很危险的！

Son, stop always getting so close to strangers. It's very dangerous!

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「我昨天首次見到了一個我網上認識的朋友。」「就是老是在妳口頭的那個叫湯姆的小伙子？」「沒錯。」「然後怎麼樣呢？」「他沒我想像中那樣好看。」

"I met a friend for the first time yesterday who I'd got to know online." "Ah, this Tom fella you're always going on about." "That's the one!" "And how was it?" "He wasn't as good-looking as I thought he'd be."

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 老 lǎo
  1. 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
  2. old (of people)
  3. venerable (person)
  4. experienced
  5. of long standing
  6. always
  7. all the time
  8. of the past
  9. very
  10. outdated
  11. (of meat etc) tough
=2 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 是 shì variant of 是 shì