义项
副词,表示每次都这样
Says that something happens every single time the occasion arises. 经常 says "often"; 一直 says "without a break"; 总是 says "without exception".
adverb
例句
- 他总是第一个到教室。他總是第一個到教室。Tā (first tone, high and level) zǒngshì (third tone, dipping) dì (fourth tone, falling) yī (first tone, high and level) ge (neutral tone) dào (fourth tone, falling) jiàoshì. (fourth tone, falling)···
He’s always the first to arrive in the classroom.
- 你为什么总是迟到?你為什麼總是遲到?Nǐ (third tone, dipping) wèishénme (fourth tone, falling) zǒngshì (third tone, dipping) chídào? (second tone, rising)···
Why are you always late?
常见错误
不太对我总是在等你,你还没来。
正确我一直在等你,你还没来。
总是 covers repeated occasions; 一直 covers one unbroken stretch of time. Waiting right now, without stopping, is 一直.