既 - Mandarin word #5394

既

jì

Traditional: 既

#5394 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

already, since

Stroke order

既

，。

Since you are here, sit down.

，。

Given that, I agree.

雨yǔ，。

Since it is raining, we will not go out.

，。

Since you have come, settle in.

。

He is both clever and lovable.

既 (jì) means already or since, and pairs with 然 in 既然 (jì rán), given that.

既然

since, as, given that

就

then, just, exactly, as soon as

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 既.

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This word is part of lesson 108.