已 (yǐ) means Already (to stop - ended). Below are 24 of the 155 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
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From the graded readers
我离开老家 已 经十年了。
wǒ líkāi lǎojiā yǐjīng shínián le / liǎo / liào.
It's been ten years since I left my home town.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
她教中文 已 经教了二十年了。
tā jiāo zhōngwén yǐjīng jiāo le / liǎo / liào èrshí nián le / liǎo / liào.
She's been teaching Chinese for twenty years.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
那天晚上很冷，天 已 经黑了。
nà / nèi tiān wǎnshang hěn lěng, tiān yǐjīng hēi le / liǎo / liào.
That evening was cold, and it was already dark.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
现在这个房间 已 经像我的家了。
xiànzài zhège fángjiān yǐjīng xiàng wǒ de(possessive) jiā le / liǎo / liào.
Now the room already feels like home.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room
等我醒过来的时候， 已 经五点了。
děng wǒ xǐng guòlái de / dì shíhou, yǐjīng wǔ diǎn le / liǎo / liào.
By the time I woke up it was already five.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend
到公司的时候， 已 经八点四十了。
dào gōngsī de / dì shíhou, yǐjīng bā diǎn sìshí le / liǎo / liào.
When I got to the office it was already 8:40.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work
我在家休息了两天，现在 已 经好了。
wǒ zàijiā xiūxi le / liǎo / liào liǎng tiān, xiànzài yǐjīng hǎo / hào le / liǎo / liào.
I rested at home for two days, and I'm better now.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor
照片 已 经发黄了，边上还有一点破。
zhàopiàn yǐjīng fā huáng le / liǎo / liào, biān shàng háiyǒu yīdiǎn pò.
It had yellowed, and the edge was slightly torn.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
我小时候上的那所小学 已 经不在了。
wǒ xiǎoshíhou shàng de / dì nà / nèi suǒ xiǎoxué yǐjīng bùzài le / liǎo / liào.
The primary school I went to as a child was gone.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
有一次，我 已 经很累了，同事又让我帮他做一份报告。
yǒu yīcì, wǒ yǐjīng hěn lèi / léi / lěi le / liǎo / liào, tóngshì yòu ràng wǒ bāng tā zuò yī fèn bàogào.
Once, when I was already exhausted, a colleague asked me to do a report for him.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
From the travel phrasebook
我 已 经拍照了。
Wǒ yǐjīng pāizhào le.
I've already photographed it.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
单证 已 经发给您了。
Dānzhèng yǐjīng fā gěi nín le.
The documents have been sent to you.
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
From the grammar library
已 appears in 155 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 已
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 已
How is 已 used in a sentence?
This page shows 155 sentences using 已 (yǐ, "Already (to stop - ended)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 已 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 已 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 已?
The dictionary page for 已 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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