既 jì

1. jì adverb already; since
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: In the sense of 已经 (CC-CEDICT '既'; Guoyu '既' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '既' 1a, p. 188; Mathews 1931 '既', p. 59; Unihan '既'; XHZD '既' 2, p. 318)
2. jì conjunction both ... and ...
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: This form is used both in modern and literary Chinese (CC-CEDICT '既'; Guoyu '既' conj 2; Kroll 2015 '既' 2a, p. 188; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 113; XHZD '既' 3, p. 319)
3. jì verb to complete; to finish
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 既 is a full verb (Guoyu '既' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '既' 1, p. 188; Mathews 1931 '既', p. 59; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 113; XHZD '既' 1, p. 318)
4. jì particle preverbal particle marking completion
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In Literary Chinese 既 is placed before a verb to indicate a change in state completion. The verb is often followed by the particle 矣 (Kroll 2015 '既' 2, p. 188; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 113). For example, 然則夫子既聖矣乎？ 'Then, Master, have you attained to be a Sage?' (Mengzi: 3.2/16/14, translation by Legge)
5. jì adverb not long
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 不久 (Guoyu '既' adv 3)
6. jì proper noun Ji
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '既' n)

Contained in

• 既来佛会下，都是有缘人(既來佛會下，都是有緣人) all in the Buddhist community are friends
• 知此人众既得止息(知此人眾既得止息) They think: We are at rest, we are refreshed
• 其名教既行 acting according with the teaching of names
• 一言既出，驷马难追(一言既出，駟馬難追) once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it; a promise must be kept ; a word spoken is an arrow let fly

Also contained in

既稟 、 既成事实 、 既往不咎 、 既得利益 、 月既 、 既是 、 既成 、 既已 、 既望 、 不咎既往 、 既生明 、 既而 、 既得权 、 既有 、 一如既往 、 九族既睦 、 既来之，则安之 、 既定 、 既得期间 、 既久 、 既往 、 既得 、 沈既济 、 既然如此 、 既生魄 、 不溯既往 、 既然 、 既视感

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