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 already left.

经理已经走了。

Jīnglǐ yǐjīng zǒule.

They have already booked a room for sure.

他们一定已经定了房间。

Tāmen yīdìng yǐjīng dìng le fángjiān.

间 SPACE

Is the teacher in the classroom yet?

老师已经在教室吗？

Lǎoshī yǐjīng zài jiàoshì ma?

TO BE / 在

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

He is already in Beijing.

他已经在北京。

Tā yǐjīng zài Běijīng.

Director Wang is already in Beijing.

王经理已经在北京。

Wáng jīnglǐ yǐjīng zài Běijīng.