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.

I already have another arrangements for the weekend.

我周末已经有别的安排。

Wǒ zhōumò yǐjīng yǒu biéde ānpái.

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 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?

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.

Is the teacher in the classroom yet?

老师已经在教室吗？

Lǎoshī yǐjīng zài jiàoshì ma?

TO BE / 在