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Meaning of 已

Pinyin yǐ

Radical

己

Strokes

Definition

already / to stop / then / afterwards

Usage

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已 [yǐ] Verb 1. 止，罢了。 (Cease; stop.) 例: 学不可以已。死而后已。 (Learning cannot stop; one should continue until death.) 2. 表示过去。 (Indicates the past.) 例: 已经。事已至此。已往。业已。 (Already. The matter has come to this. In the past. It has already been done.) 3. 后来，过了一些时间，不多时。 (Later, after some time, not long after.) 例: 忽不见。 (Suddenly disappeared.) 4. 太，过。 (Too; excess.) 例: 不为已甚。 (Not too excessive.) 5. 同“以”。 (Same as "以".) Adverb 1. 已经 ([En.] already)——表示动作变化达到的程度。 (Indicates the degree of change in action.) 例: 日过午已昏。 (After noon, it has already darkened.) 2. 以前 ([En.] before)。例: 已先(从前;先前);已事(往事)。 (Previously; prior; past events.) 3. 罢了，算了 ([En.] well). 例: 已乎(算了)。 (That's enough.) 4. 太 ([En.] too)——表示程度。 (Indicates degree.) 例: 没有已大康。 (Not too prosperous.) 5. 又 ([En.] also)——表示行为的频率。 (Indicates the frequency of action.) 例: 郭子常云: “吾月不见。” (Every month, I do not see him.) 6. 最终，终归 ([En.] finally). 例: 终归要查明清楚。 (Eventually, we must clarify the matter.) 7. 已而，然后 ([En.] then; after that). 例: 庭中始为篱，已为墙。 (The yard started as a fence, then became a wall.)

赞叹不已 zàn tàn bù yǐ

to be full of praise (idiom)

已婚 yǐ hūn

married

已经 yǐ jīng

already

已有 yǐ yǒu

already have

早已 zǎo yǐ

long ago / for a long time

而已 ér yǐ

that's all / nothing more

不已 bù yǐ

endlessly / incessantly

已知 yǐ zhī

known (to science)

已然 yǐ rán

to be already so / already

已成 yǐ chéng

Completed

现已 xiàn yǐ

Now

业已 yè yǐ

already

不得已 bù dé yǐ

to act against one's will / to have no alternative but to / to have to / to have no choice / must

迫不得已 pò bù dé yǐ

to have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances / forced into sth

自已 zì yǐ

Self

大势已去 dà shì yǐ qù

be on the decline / be rendered powerless / one's day has gone

已故 yǐ gù

the late / deceased

年事已高 nián shì yǐ gāo

old in years

万不得已 wàn bù dé yǐ

only when absolutely essential (idiom); as a last resort

由来已久 yóu lái yǐ jiǔ

age-old / of old

感慨不已 gǎn kǎi bù yǐ

sigh with emotion

仅此而已 jǐn cǐ ér yǐ

that's all / just this and nothing more

久已 jiǔ yǐ

long ago / a long time since

木已成舟 mù yǐ chéng zhōu

lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom) / fig. what is done cannot be undone

惊诧不已 jīng chà bù yǐ

Amazed