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

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

Prime minister already has has the experience of working as a director.

总理已经有当经理的经验。

Zǒnglǐ yǐjīng yǒu dāng jīnglǐ de jīngyàn.

I often drink very good coffee with the director.

我经常跟经理喝非常好的咖啡。

Wǒ jīngcháng gēn jīnglǐ hē fēicháng hǎo de kāfēi.

He is already in Beijing.

他已经在北京。

Tā yǐjīng zài Běijīng.

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