How to pronounce yi jing (已经) in Chinese

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已经

yǐ jīng

Characters & meanings

T3

already

jīngT1

surname Jing

Common mistake

Low + high (3-1): dip to the bottom on yǐ, then leap to a level high jīng — one of the biggest pitch jumps between syllables in any common word.

Example sentence

他已经走了。

Tā yǐjīng zǒu le.

He has already left.

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