已

yǐ

“Already” in Chinese is 已 (yǐ).

Other characters with the syllable yi: see all 42 →

Meaning

already
to stop
then

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afterwards

Example

已经没事了。

I'm fine now.

From 已经 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

3 strokes

Words containing 已

已经yǐjīngalreadyHSK 2 早已zǎoyǐfor a long time; long sinceHSK 3 不已bùyǐ(used after a verb) endlessly; incessantlyHSK 7-9 而已éryǐthat's allHSK 7-9 不得已bùdéyǐto act against one's willHSK 7-9 赞叹不已zàntàn-bùyǐto be full of praise and admiration; to marvel endlessly; to be in aweHSK 7-9

More HSK 2 characters

啊ainterjection of surpriseHSK 2 安āncalm; peacefulHSK 2 般bānsortHSK 2 板bǎnboardHSK 2 办bànto take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event)HSK 2 饱bǎoto eat till fullHSK 2 报bàoto report; to inform; to announceHSK 2 背bèito carry on one's backHSK 2 笔bǐwriting brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc)HSK 2 必bìcertainlyHSK 2

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