Usage note
已表示已经完成。
yǐ biǎo shì yǐ jīng wán chéng。
已 means already.
Context note
已常用于正式表达和完成状态。
yǐ cháng yòng yú zhèng shì biǎo dá hé wán chéng zhuàng tài。
已 is often used in formal expressions and completed states.
5 examples
我已知道了。
wǒ yǐ zhī dào le。
I already know.
他已离开。
tā yǐ lí kāi。
He has already left.
事情已完成。
shì qíng yǐ wán chéng。
The matter is already completed.
已收到消息。
yǐ shōu dào xiāo xī。
The message has already been received.
请看已完成的部分。
qǐng kàn yǐ wán chéng de bù fen。
Please look at the completed part.
5 mini stories
老师说作业已交。
lǎo shī shuō zuò yè yǐ jiāo。
The teacher said the homework had already been handed in.
他已准备好出门。
tā yǐ zhǔn bèi hǎo chū mén。
He had already prepared to go out.
这件事已过去很久。
zhè jiàn shì yǐ guò qù hěn jiǔ。
This matter has already passed a long time ago.
我们已完成了一半。
wǒ men yǐ wán chéng le yí bàn。
We have already finished half.
已知的信息先记录下来。
yǐ zhī de xìn xī xiān jì lù xià lái。
Write down the already known information first.
Mini dialogue
作业完成了吗？
A
你的数学作业写完了吗？
Nǐ de shùxué zuòyè xiě wán le ma?
Have you finished your math homework?
B
我已写完了，可以出去玩了。
Wǒ yǐ xiě wán le, kěyǐ chūqù wán le.
I have already finished it, I can go out to play.
老师来了
A
我们快坐好，老师已进教室了。
Wǒmen kuài zuò hǎo, lǎoshī yǐ jìn jiàoshì le.
Let's sit down quickly, the teacher has already entered the classroom.
B
好的，我看到了。
Hǎo de, wǒ kàn dào le.
Okay, I see.
Related words and contrasts
similar
已经
yǐjīng
already
已 is the short form of 已经, often used in writing.
contrast
刚
gāng
just now
已 means already happened; 刚 means just happened.