Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English

Description

“已”的意思是“已经”,表示事情在过去发生了或完成了。

这个字比较正式,常常用在书面语里,口语中我们更常说“已经”。

Meanings

already; by now

时间已过了很久。

to stop; to cease

他笑个不已。

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Notes

  • Nuance

    已 is formal/literary; in everyday speech use 已经 instead.

  • Etymology

    originally meaning 'to stop', it later gained the 'already' sense seen in 已经.

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