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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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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 See all 24 compounds |
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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. |