Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- yǐ
English
- already
- already
- It is a verb indicate things have been finished
- an infix meaning "already", which is inserted into a disyllabic verb or adjective read out in reverse order
- already
- finished
- (bound form) to stop; to cease; to end
- done
- stop
- (literary) thereafter; afterward
- (literary) too; excessively
粵語
- 將原本雙音節嘅動詞、形容詞拆開、倒轉之後插入，表示已經
- 表示時間過去或者事情完成；已經
Stroke order
As a component in
Words containing 已
- 而已ji4 ji5
that's all
- 已經ji5 ging1
already
- 早已zou2 ji5
for a long time; long since
- 經已ging1 ji5
(verb) have had; (adverb) already;
- 不已bat1 ji5
(used after a verb) endlessly; incessantly
- 已婚ji5 fan1
married
- 已故ji5 gu3
the late
- 不得已bat1 dak1 ji5
to act against one's will
- 久已gau2 ji5
long ago
- 為時已晚wai4 si4 ji5 maan5
already too late
- 無已mou4 ji5
endlessly
- 迫不得已bik1 bat1 dak1 ji5
to have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances
- 則已zak1 ji5
(literary) used in expressions of the form 不[bu4] + (verb) + 則已|则已[ze2 yi3] ... "either don't (verb) at all, or if you do, ..."
- 年事已高nin4 si6 ji5 gou1
old in years
- 由來已久jau4 loi4 ji5 gau2
long-standing
- 不能自已bat1 nang4 zi6 ji5
unable to control oneself
- 現已jin6 ji5
already; to have already
- 已知ji5 zi1
known (to science)
- 已然ji5 jin4
already
- 已往ji5 wong5
the past
- 已久ji5 gau2
already a long time
- 既已gei3 ji5
already
- 不特已bat1 dak6 ji5
not only
- 業已jip6 ji5
already