# 老是 (lǎoshi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 老是 (lǎoshi) means “always; all the time”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: always; all the time
- Pinyin: lǎoshi (lao3 shi5)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2

## Examples

- 你怎么老是忘记呢？
  Nǐ zěnme lǎoshi wàngjì ne?
  Why do you always forget?

## Characters

- [老](https://hanziro.com/word/lao-old/) (lǎo): old; (prefix) before surname
- [是](https://hanziro.com/word/shi-be/) (shì): to be; is

https://hanziro.com/word/lao-shi-always/

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