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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jì | ji4
English translation
already
since
both... (and...)
already, since, then; both; de facto

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Conjunction / 连词 lián cí Lián cí

Learning hint

A person  turning away from food ; compare 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰?

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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这种 zhè zhǒng Gāo qiě .

This breed of horses is both tall and heavily grown.

既然 jìrán shì lǎo 顾客 gùkè , 可以 kěyǐ yòng 低廉 dī lián de 价格 jiàgé mǎi 这些 zhè xiē 商品 shāngpǐn .

Since you are an old customer, you can buy the goods on the cheap.

那个 nà ge ǎi yòu pán de 绅士 shēnshì shì 我们 wǒmen de Xīn 主任 zhǔrèn .

The short and chubby gentleman over there is our new director.

大哥 dà gē 既然 jìrán ài , 为什么 wèishénme yòu yāo 现在 xiànzài de 大嫂 dà sǎo ?

Since Big Brother loved her, why did he marry Jui - chueh?

既然 jìrán zài zhè , qǐng bāng 解决 jiějué 这道 suàn .

Now that you are here, help me work out this computation.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
既然 jìrán since既然 jìrán
already
既是 jì shì since既是 jì shì
既有 jì yǒu existing既有 jì yǒu
一如既往 yīrújìwǎng continuing as always一如既往 yīrújìwǎng
既定 jì dìng set既定 jì dìng
既往 jì wǎng past既往 jì wǎng
既得利益 jì dé lì yì vested interest既得利益 jì dé lì yì
既往不咎 jì wǎng bù jiù There is no point in crying over spilt milk.既往不咎 jì wǎng bù jiù
既而 jì ér later既而 jì ér
既成事实 jì chéng shì shí fait accompli既成事實
不咎既往 bù jiù jì wǎng overlook sb's past mistakes不咎既往 bù jiù jì wǎng

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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    • gài , kǎi , jiù , gài , kǎi , , , , , ,
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