已经

yǐjīng

already

adverb HSK 3.0 · Band 2 trad. 已經

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已
经

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Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

已
  • 已yǐalreadyB4
  • 早已zǎoyǐfor a long timeB5
  • 不已bùyǐ(used after a verb) endlesslyB6
  • 不得已bùdéyǐto act against one's willB7
  • 而已éryǐthat's allB7
经

See it in sentences

我已经吃了。

I have already eaten.

他已经睡了。

He is already asleep.