Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
已
yǐ
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
已yǐ
already; by now
时间已过了很久。
已yǐ
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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