老 lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 老 — old, aged
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
老是
lǎoshì
always
Characters in this word
是 shì
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- Made of
- 日 sun 疋 roll, bolt of cloth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他老是迟到。 Tā lǎoshì chídào. He is late all the time.
- 你老是笑。 Nǐ lǎoshì xiào. You laugh all the time.
- 她老是很忙。 Tā lǎoshì hěn máng. She is always very busy.