既 (gei3 | ji4) : as well as; since

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既

gei3

ji4

[1] as well as; both
[2] since; now that; as
[3] already; de facto
[Var.] 旣

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: (#71)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

既

This word has been viewed 8036 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd May 2010 20:39

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既然 gei3 jin4 ji4 ran2 = since; because

一如既往 jat1 jyu4 gei3 wong5 yi1 ru2 ji4 wang3 = [adv] just as in the past; as before

一言既出駟馬難追 jat1 jin4 gei3 ceot1 si3 maa5 naan4 zeoi1 yi4 yan2 ji4 chu1 si4 ma3 nan2 zhui1 = it is difficult to take back a promise

既往不咎 gei3 wong5 bat1 gau3 ji4 wang3 bu2 jiu4 = let someone of the hook for past mistakes

既來之，則安之 gei3 loi4 zi1 zak1 on1 zi1 ji4 lai2 zhi1 ji4 an1 zhi1 = make the best out of the situation that one is in

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Decimal representation of this word: 既
Unicode code for this character: U+65e2 (off-site link)

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