Already in Chinese
already · HSK 2
已经
- 已 already
- 经 to pass through
Other ways to say already
More words with 已 or 经
How do you say already in Chinese?
Already in Chinese is 已经 (yǐ jīng). You can also say 已 (yǐ), 既 (jì), 早已 (zǎo yǐ), 都 (dōu).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.