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[1] already [2] [v] come to an end; finish; complete; finished [3] [v] stop; cease [4] used to indicate the past [5] excessive; very; much [6] a final particle to add emphasis Stroke count: 3
Level: 2
Radical: 己 (#49)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 己巳 |
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This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44 |
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已經 ji5 ging1 = already 不得已 bat1 dak1 ji5 = act against one's will 早已 zou2 ji5 = for a long time; long ago 不已 bat1 ji5 = endlessly, incessantly 國 而已 ji4 ji5 = that's all, nothing more 經已 ging1 ji5 = already 粵 已經進行 ji5 ging1 zeon3 hang4 = already underway; already in progress 已婚 ji5 fan1 = married 已故 ji5 gu3 = the late; deceased 已滅 ji5 mit6 = extinct 如此而已 jyu4 ci2 ji4 ji5 = that's what it all adds up to 死而後已 sei2 ji4 hau6 ji5 = until one's dying day 心儀已久 sam1 ji4 ji5 gau2 = to have admired (in one's heart) for quite some time 米已成炊 mai5 ji5 sing4 ceoi1 = what's done can't be undone 現已 jin6 ji5 = to have already...; already 大勢已去 daai6 sai3 ji5 heoi3 = of a situation to be hopeless or irretrievable 已然 ji5 jin4 = to be already so 也已 jaa5 ji5 = a final particle of emphasis 國 大局已定 daai6 guk6 ji5 ding6 = the outcome of a situation has has been concluded 已屆期頤 ji5 gaai3 kei4 ji4 = to have already turned 100 years old,to be a centenarian 誅求無已 zyu1 kau4 mou4 ji5 = make endless excessive demands 氣數已盡 hei3 sou3 ji5 zoen6 = (of a regime or dynasty) to draw near to its fateful end 羽毛已豐 jyu5 mou4 ji5 fung1 = mature and experienced; full-fledged 情非得已 cing1 fei1 dak1 ji5 = compelled to do sth. |
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Showing all 19 examples containing 已
當你睇到呢封信嘅時候﹐我已經離開咗香港。 粵
By the time you read this letter, I will have already left Hong Kong. [This line of dialogue is often heard in TV soap operas! :-)]
現代嘅女裝恤衫,露出個乳溝、露出個肚臍,都係已經成為常態咗。 粵
Today, it is no longer unusual to have tops for ladies which reveal the cleavage or the navel.
吸煙危害健康, 只要每日一枝, 已經足以致命
Smoking is very harmful; as long as you smoke one cigarette a day, it's enough to cause death
方丈已經圓寂五年 ?!
The abbot has passed away for five years [Sample sentence now uses 方丈 (abbot, head monk) as the subject of the sentence. But the audio still uses 道師 (Taoist priest) which appeared in the older version. As 圓寂 (in the middle of the sentence) is a Buddhist term, I think 方丈 is corre]
當日天陰陰,落雨絲濕噉,一出門口我都經已有不祥嘅預感 粵
That day the weather was overcast and about to rain. I had a very bad feeling as I stepped out my house.
見到你頭先嘅樣,我諗你已經知道咗呢本唔係普通嘅筆記啦 粵
Based on your expression just now, I guess you already know that this isn't an ordinary notebook. [Lit. see-arrive you just-not (possessive particle) expression, I think you already know-already, this (counter) isn't ordinary (possessive particle) notebook.]
等到你返嚟嗰陣﹐佢已經走咗三日喇。 粵
By the time you return, he will have already been gone for three days. [咗 (have been) is a perfective marker in a future tense sentence here.]
毒品調查科已經懸紅五百萬通緝毒梟。
The Narcotics Bureau has offered a reward of five million dollars for the arrest of the drug lord. Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |