已
yǐ HSK2

already

已 yǐ
already adverb
indicates that an action or state has occurred

既然天色已晚，我们还是在此留宿一夜吧。

jì​rán tiān​sè yǐ wǎn, wǒ​men hái​shi zài cǐ liú​sù yī yè ba.

Since it is late, we might as well stay the night here.

stop adverb
to cease, end, or finish

听了他这段感人的英勇事迹，在场的人无不赞叹不已。

tīng le tā zhè duàn gǎn​rén de yīng​yǒng shì​jì, zài​chǎng de rén wú bù zàn​tàn bù yǐ.

After hearing about his moving and heroic deeds, everyone present was full of praise.

then adverb
afterwards or subsequently

他原本在专注地看书，已而又抬头望向窗外，若有所思。

tā yuán​běn zài zhuān​zhù de kàn shū, yǐ ér yòu tái​tóu wàng xiàng chuāng wài, ruò​yǒu​suǒ​sī.

He was originally reading intently, but shortly after, he looked up out the window, lost in thought.

Frequency
Character
Written text
117th most common 1644.1 per million
Movie subtitles
129th most common 1389.4 per million appears in 99% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
197.8 per million appears in 48% of films
Written text
836.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
3
Unicode
U+5DF2

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)