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已

yǐ

HSK 2 Character

What 已 means

1. already
2. to stop
3. then
4. afterwards

Example sentences

• 我已婚。
  I'm married.
• 灯已关了。
  The lights are out.
• 事已至此。
  What's done is done.
• 天色已晚。
  It was already very late.
• 三月已过。
  March is over.
• 已经9点了。
  It's already nine o'clock.

Words starting with 已

• 已经yǐ jīngalready
• 已然yǐ ránalready; to be already so; to have long been the case
• 已婚yǐ hūnmarried
• 已知yǐ zhīknown (to science)
• 已故yǐ gùthe late; deceased
• 已成形yǐ chéng xíngpreformed
• 已往yǐ wǎngthe past
• 已久yǐ jiǔalready a long time
• 已婚已育yǐ hūn yǐ yùmarried, with one or more children
• 已作故人yǐ zuò gù rénto have passed away
• 已见分晓yǐ jiàn fēn xiǎothe result becomes apparent; (after) the dust has settled

Words containing 已

• 而已ér yǐthat's all; nothing more
• 不得已bù dé yǐto act against one's will; to have no alternative but to; to have to
• 早已zǎo yǐfor a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past
• 不已bù yǐ(used after a verb) endlessly; incessantly
• 业已yè yǐalready
• 仅此而已jǐn cǐ ér yǐ(idiom) that's all; just this and nothing more
• 迫不得已pò bù dé yǐto have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances; forced into sth
• 既已jì yǐalready
• 万不得已wàn bù dé yǐonly when absolutely essential (idiom); as a last resort
• 久已jiǔ yǐlong ago; a long time since
• 年事已高nián shì yǐ gāoold in years
• 为时已晚wéi shí yǐ wǎnalready too late
• 惊叹不已jīng tàn bù yǐto exclaim in astonishment
• 不能自已bù néng zì yǐunable to control oneself; to be beside oneself
• 情非得已qíng fēi dé yǐcompelled by the circumstances (to do sth); (have) no other choice (but do sth)…
• 说说而已shuō shuō ér yǐnothing serious; just hot air
• 无已wú yǐendlessly; to have no choice
• 不得已而为之bù dé yǐ ér wéi zhīto have no other choice; to be the last resort
• 则已zé yǐ(literary) used in expressions of the form 不
• 有增无已yǒu zēng wú yǐconstantly increasing without limit (idiom); rapid progress in all directions
• 难以自已nán yǐ zì yǐcannot control oneself (idiom); to be beside oneself
• 死而后已sǐ ér hòu yǐuntil death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life; unto one's dying day
• 方兴未已fāng xīng wèi yǐflourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding; still growing strong…
• 不为已甚bù wéi yǐ shènrefrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment; not be too hard on subject

Characters that look like 已

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 己jǐself; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
• 巳sì6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake…
• 巴bāto long for; to wish; to cling to

Sounds the same

Read yǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 以to use; by means of; according to
• 椅chair
• 乙second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; second in order…
• 蚁ant
• 矣classical final particle, similar to modern 了
• 倚to lean on; to rely upon
• 尾horse's tail; pointed posterior section of a locust etc
• 苡used in 芣苡; see 薏苡
• 旖used in 旖旎
• 螘ant; variant of 蚁
• 钇yttrium (chemistry)
• 扆screen