已竟

Chinese

		already; to stop; then already; to stop; then; afterwards	unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
simp. and trad. (已竟)		已	竟
alternative forms		已經／已经

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐjìng

(Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

Mandarin
- (Beijing dialect)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǐjìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǐjìng
  - Wade–Giles: i³-ching⁴
  - Yale: yǐ-jìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiijinq
  - Palladius: ицзин (iczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/

Adverb

已竟

(Beijing Mandarin) already
- 二十四年 (1935), “槍斃老媽”, in 評戲大觀第七集, page 三七:
  
  你出的計策我已竟照辦 [MSC, trad.]
  你出的计策我已竟照办 [MSC, simp.]
  Nǐ chū de jìcè wǒ yǐjìng zhàobàn [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1998, 瓊瑤, 還珠格格, episode 3, 李明启 (actor):
  
  萬歲爺是一國之君，萬人之上，誰見了他不是三跪九叩？其他娘娘都使出混身的功夫來討好皇上，皇上已經習慣了這一套。 [MSC, trad.]
  万岁爷是一国之君，万人之上，谁见了他不是三跪九叩？其他娘娘都使出混身的功夫来讨好皇上，皇上已经习惯了这一套。 [MSC, simp.]
  Wàn suì yé shì yī guó zhī jūn, wàn rén zhī shàng, shéi jiàn le tā bù shì sān guì jiǔ kòu? Qítā niángniang dōu shǐ chū húnshēn de gōngfu lái tǎohǎo huángshang, huángshang yǐjìng xíguan le zhèi yī tào. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 九十三年 (2004), 蔡雪鵬, “不起訴、緩起訴，法律效果各不同”, in 清流月刊, number 7:
  
  不過，比起檢察官原有職權不起訴的範圍，已竟擴大多了，畢竟犯重罪的人只是小數。 [MSC, trad.]
  不过，比起检察官原有职权不起诉的范围，已竟扩大多了，毕竟犯重罪的人只是小数。 [MSC, simp.]
  Bùguò, bǐqǐ jiǎncháguān yuányǒu zhíquán bù qǐsù de fànwéi, yǐjìng kuòdà duō le, bìjìng fàn zhòng zuì de rén zhǐ shì xiǎo shù. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 已經 (“already”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		已, 業, 業已, 既
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		已經, 已, 業經, 業已, 已然
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	已經, 已竟, 已就
	Taiwan	已經
	Singapore	已經
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	已經
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	已經
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	可價
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	已經
	Wuhan	已經
	Guilin	已經
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	已經
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	已經
Cantonese	Guangzhou	已經, 經已
	Hong Kong	已經, 經已
	Taishan	經已
	Yangjiang	應
	Singapore (Guangfu)	已經
Gan	Nanchang	已經
Hakka	Meixian	既經
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	既經
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	既經, 已經
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	既經
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	既經
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	既經
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	已經
Huizhou	Jixi	已經
Jin	Taiyuan	已經
Northern Min	Jian'ou	已經
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	已經
Eastern Min	Matsu	已經
Southern Min	Xiamen	已經
	Quanzhou	已經
	Zhangzhou	已經
	Taipei	已經
	Kaohsiung	已經
	Singapore (Hokkien)	已經
	Manila (Hokkien)	已經
	Chaozhou	已經
	Shantou	已經
	Jieyang	已經
	Pontianak (Teochew)	已經
Wu	Shanghai	已經
	Suzhou	已經
	Wenzhou	已經
Xiang	Changsha	現是, 已經
Xiang	Shuangfeng	已經, 既已經