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老是 (lǎo shì): Always (Adverb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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老是 consists of 2 characters.

老 • lǎo • old; aged • HSK 3.0 · L3

HSK 3.0 · L3

lǎo老

old; aged

是 • shì • to be • HSK 3.0 · L1

HSK 3.0 · L1

shì是

to be

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Pinyinlǎo shì

Meaningalways

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 4

SyntaxAdverb

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More common words that include characters from 老是.

Words with 老

老师lǎo shīteacher
老人lǎo rénold man or woman
老家lǎo jiānative place
老年lǎo niánelderly
老虎lǎo hǔtiger
古老gǔ lǎoancient
老公lǎo gōng(coll.) husband
老婆lǎo powife [colloquial]

Words with 是

但是dàn shìbut; however
只是zhǐ shìmerely; only; just; nothing but
总是zǒng shìalways
还是hái shì...or...? [in a question]
于是

yú shì

as a result

可是kě shìbut

就是jiù shìexactly; precisely

是否shì fǒuwhether or not

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Example Sentences with 老是

tā他

shàng上

kè课

lǎo老

shì是

chí迟

dào到

。

He is always late for class.