HSK 4 · adverb

已

yǐ

already; to stop (已)

会议已结束,大家回家。

Huìyì yǐ jiéshù, dàjiā huí jiā.

The meeting has ended; everyone goes home.

他已经是大学生了。

Tā yǐjīng shì dàxuéshēng le.

He is already a university student.

此时天已经黑了。

Cǐshí tiān yǐjīng hēi le.

By this time the sky was already dark.

他的汉语已经到五级了。

Tā de Hànyǔ yǐjīng dào wǔ jí le.

His Chinese has already reached level five.