总是 — stroke order
Learn how to write 总是 (zǒngshì), which means “always”. It is written with 2 characters and 18 strokes in total. In traditional Chinese it is written 總是. Each character below is animated in the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap any character to replay it, or use “Play all strokes” to watch the whole word written in order.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | 注音 | Meaning | Strokes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 总 | zǒng | ㄗㄨㄥˇ | to gather, to collect | 9 |
| 是 | shì | ㄕˋ | to be | 9 |