已 yǐ

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Traditional form

已 yǐ

Contains the radical

己 jǐ

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Positional decomposition

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Explanation

Origin unclear.

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“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”

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Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 5 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 已 yǐ in different contexts.

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很 hěn 好 hǎo , 你 nǐ 已 yǐ 将 jiāng 那 Nā 位 wèi 作家 zuòjiā 的 de 风格 fēnggé 确切 quèqiè 地 de 刻画 kè huà 出 chū 来 lái 了 le .

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肉食 ròu shí 已经 yǐjīng 好 hǎo 了 le ,蔬菜 shūcài 还 Huán 未 wèi 做 zuò 好 hǎo .

The meat's ready but the vegetables still are not done.

好 hǎo 吧 bā , 我 wǒ 已经 yǐjīng 决定 juédìng 买 mǎi 这件夹克衫了 le . 多少 duōshǎo 钱 Qián ?

OK, I have decided on buying the jacket. How much is it?

爬山 páshān 之前 zhī qián ,要 yāo 确保 quèbǎo 你们 nǐ men 已经 yǐjīng 很 hěn 好 hǎo 地 de 用 yòng 绳索 shéng suǒ 系 xì 在 zài 一起 yīqǐ 了 le .

Make sure you're properly roped together before you begin to climb.

这 zhè 一切 yīqiè 是 shì 好多 hǎo duō 年 Nián 以前 yǐqián 的 de 事 shì , 人们 rén men 现在 xiànzài 已经 yǐjīng 原谅 yuánliàng 他 tā 了 le .

All this happened years ago; he's lived it down by now.

Explore 23 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 已 yǐ in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
已经 yǐjīng	already	已經
已 yǐ	already	已 yǐ
而已 éryǐ	that's all	而已 éryǐ
早已 zǎo yǐ	long ago	早已 zǎo yǐ
不已 bù yǐ	endlessly	不已 bù yǐ
已婚 yǐ hūn	married	已婚 yǐ hūn
已然 yǐ rán	already	已然 yǐ rán
已久 yǐ jiǔ	already a long time	已久 yǐ jiǔ
不得已 bùdéyǐ	to have to	不得已 bùdéyǐ
已知 yǐ zhī	known (to science)	已知 yǐ zhī
已故 yǐ gù	the late	已故 yǐ gù
业已 yè yǐ	already	業已
迫不得已 pò bù dé yǐ	forced into sth	迫不得已 pò bù dé yǐ
为时已晚 wéi shí yǐ wǎn	already too late	為時已晚
木已成舟 mù yǐ chéng zhōu	fig. what is done cannot be undone	木已成舟 mù yǐ chéng zhōu
年事已高 nián shì yǐ gāo	old in years	年事已高 nián shì yǐ gāo
说说而已 shuō shuō ér yǐ	nothing serious	說說而已
不得已而为之 bù dé yǐ ér wéi zhī	to have no other choice	不得已而為之
万不得已 wàn bù dé yǐ	only when absolutely essential (idiom); as a last resort	萬不得已
赞叹不已 zàn tàn bù yǐ	to be full of praise (idiom)	贊嘆不已
久已 jiǔ yǐ	long ago	久已 jiǔ yǐ
已往 yǐ wǎng	the past	已往 yǐ wǎng
不能自已 bù néng zì yǐ	unable to control oneself	不能自已 bù néng zì yǐ