Mandarin Vocabulary: 经 CANON

经 /jīng/ A CANON / ALREADY, EXPERIENCE, DIRECTOR and much more…

Primary meaning is A CANON (that is the official text or a sum of official texts of a particular culture).

When something has ALREADY happened, we can find a mention of it in A CANON. So it shouldn’t surprise us that we find the character 经 /jīng/ in the word 已经 /yǐjīng/ ALREADY.

When we have ALREADY been through something, we have THE EXPERIENCE 经验 /jīngyàn/.

DIRECTOR 经理 /jīnglǐ/ is someone who sets (or “canonises”) the ORDER 理 /lǐ/ of a company.

ALREADY

已经
yǐjīng

OFTEN

经常
jīngcháng

DIRECTOR

经理
jīnglǐ

EXPERIENCE

经验
jīngyàn

ECONOMY

经济
jīngjì

The director has left already.

经理已经走了。

Jīnglǐ yǐjīng zǒule.

The manager already has this kind of experience.

经理已经有这种经验。

Jīnglǐ yǐjīng yǒu zhè zhǒng jīngyàn.

Is he still in Shanghai or in Beijing already?

他还在上海还是已经在北京？

Tā hái zài Shànghǎi háishì yǐjīng zài Běijīng?

She is already inside.

她已经在里面了。

Tā yǐjīng zài lǐmiàn le.

LE change

Their plane has already arrived to Beijing.

他们的飞机已经到北京了。

Tāmen de fēijī yǐjīng dào Běijīng le.

TO ARRIVE VEHICLES

Their plane has already arrived to Beijing.

他们的飞机已经到了北京。

Tāmen de fēijī yǐjīng dào le Běijīng.

TO ARRIVE VEHICLES