ALREADY    已經已

NOW AND NOT ONLY LATER IN-RELATION-TO. 
Old Chinese Criteria
[GENERAL/SPECIFIC] 1. Yǐ 已 (ant. wèi 未 "not yet") is the general current word for "already", and this word can precede nominal predicates ( 在位已十年矣 "for already 10 years" analysed as vadN), jì 既 cannot be so used. [GENERAL] 2. Jì 既 (ant. wèi 未 "not yet") is limited to subordinate clauses, yǐ 已 has no such limitations of distribution in this respect. Jì 既 can only be used in front of VPs expressing a clearly concluded development which the word declares to have been completed; yǐ 已 can also mark that something has already STARTED. See also AFTERWARDS [SPECIFIC]
Modern Chinese Criteria
已經 已然 (lit) is a highly literary variant for 已經. 曾經 業經 業已 早已 早就 久已 既已 已 曾 就 既 都 first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH/
Antonym
  • NOTBE CONTRARY to what is SAID in the WORDS that FOLLOW.
    Hypernym
    • NOW　MOMENT BETWEEN PAST AND FUTURE. (anc: 5/0, child: 1)
    • MOMENT　POINT of TIME OR INTENSELY SHORT TIME. (anc: 4/0, child: 4)
    • TIME　ABSTRACT OBJECT that all EVENTS ARE-IN. (anc: 3/0, child: 11)
  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 546

  • Logicheskii analiz yazyka ( ARYUTUNOVA 2002) p. 156

    • Words (12 items)

    已  yǐ OC: k-lɯʔ MC: jɨ 65 Attributions

    Yǐ 已 (ant. wèi 未 "not yet") is the general current word for "already", and this word can precede nominal predicates (在位已十年矣 "for already 10 years" analysed as vadN), jì 既 cannot be so used. [GENERAL]

      Word relations
    • Ant: 且/IMMEDIATELY The most current and general word referring to something being about to happen in the immediate future is qiě 且

      Syntactic words
    • vadV.postN{SUBJ}:adSafter, once (one) already has V-ed, after one has V-ed 以死誰懟
    • vadVfuture(will) already
    • vadVpastmarker of V as perfective; already in the past (occasionally without final yǐ 矣); beforehand
    • vadVpresentby this time, already; after; after a while
    • vpostadV.adS＝矣 already
    既  jì OC: kɯds MC: kɨi 15 Attributions

    Jì 既 (ant. wèi 未"not yet") is limited to subordinate clauses, yǐ 已 has no such limitations of distribution in this respect. Jì 既 can only be used in front of VPs expressing a clearly concluded development which the word declares to have been completed; yǐ 已 can also mark that something has already STARTED. See also AFTERWARDS [SPECIALISED]

      Syntactic words
    • vadNP{PRED}NP=timealready
    • vadValready
    • vadV.adNthe already V-ing NCH
    以  yǐ MC: yiX OC: k-lɯʔ 9 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadV= yi3 已: alreadyLZ
    早  zǎo OC: tsuuʔ MC: tsɑu 7 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadVcolloquialalready; already from the start
    既以  jì yǐ OC: kɯds k-lɯʔ MC: kɨi jɨ 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • PPadS1.adS2having already
    都  dū OC: k-laa MC: tuo̝ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padValready (when first attested?)
    固  gù OC: kaas MC: kuo̝ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadVcertainly already 固聞之
    自  zì OC: sblids MC: dzi 1 Attribution
    • 唐五代語言詞典 Táng Wǔdài yǔyán cídiǎn A Dictionary of the Language of the Tang and Five Dynasties Periods ( JIANG/CAO 1997) p. 461, #3

      Syntactic words
    • padVcolloquialTang colloquial: already (Tang poetry)
    既已  jì yǐ MC: kj+jH yiX OC: kɯds k-lɯʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • PPadValreadyCH
    訖  qì OC: kɯd MC: kɨt 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vpostS1.adS2post-Han: S1 having finished, S2
    業已  yè yǐ OC: ŋab k-lɯʔ MC: ŋi̯ɐp jɨ
    業以  yè yǐ OC: ŋab k-lɯʔ MC: ŋi̯ɐp jɨ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • PPadVHan dynasty: already
    先  xiān OC: sɯɯn MC: sen 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadV