已 (ji5 | yi3) : already; finish; stop; cease

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已

ji5

yi3

[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.

已

Don't confuse with:
己巳

This word has been viewed 14513 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 yi3 jing1 = already

不得已 bat1 dak1 ji5 bu4 de2 yi3 = act against one's will

早已 zou2 ji5 zao3 yi3 = for a long time; long ago

不已 bat1 ji5 bu4 yi3 = endlessly, incessantly 國

而已 ji4 ji5 er2 yi3 = that's all, nothing more

經已 ging1 ji5 = already 粵

已經進行 ji5 ging1 zeon3 hang4 yi3 jing1 jin4 xing2 = already underway; already in progress

已婚 ji5 fan1 yi3 hun1 = married

已故 ji5 gu3 yi3 gu4 = the late; deceased

已滅 ji5 mit6 yi3 mie4 = extinct
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Showing all 19 examples containing 已

已經過咗五日粵
It's already been five days.
[Lit. already pass-already five days]

昨天已經決定了。國
It was already decided yesterday.

他已經清醒過來國
He has regained consciousness

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! :-)]

頭先佢話啲伙記已經出晒去粵
Just now he said all the delivery boys had gone out.

他的名聲已經開始傳開傳了。國
His reputation has already begun to spread.

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

二百文已經綽綽有餘囉粵
Two hundred dollars is more than enough

我已經寫明係七點鐘開始嘅。
I've already clearly put into writing that it starts at 7 o'clock.

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.

佢已經練到出神入化的境界
He has already attained the level of perfection through training.

與其補救於已然，不如防患於未然。
Prevention is better than cure.

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.]

我相信佢已經開始懷疑，內鬼原來係我粵
I believe he's already started to think that the mole was me all along.

目前已經重開
Presently it's already reopened.

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.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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