经 jīng go through
go through; to pass through; the classics; to manage
How to remember 经: 纟 thread + 𢀖 warp threads = go through. The patient grandmother shows her grandson how the thread must slip over and under the warp threads to go through the loom.
Component breakdown
经 = 纟 thread + 𢀖 warp threads
- 纟 thread
- 𢀖 warp threads
The patient grandmother shows her grandson how the thread must slip over and under the warp threads to go through the loom.
How it is used
- In 已经 (yǐjing) marks "already", and 经常 (jīngcháng) means "often" - the two most frequent everyday uses.
- Verb sense "to pass through/undergo" - 经过 (jīngguò) pass by, 经历 (jīnglì) go through/experience. Contrast 经验 (jīngyàn, the accumulated experience, a noun) with 经历 (a specific lived experience/undergo).
- Also the "classics/scripture" and "manage" senses - 经济 (jīngjì) economy, 经理 (jīnglǐ) manager.
Words with 经
- 已经yǐjīngalreadyHSK 2
- 经常jīngchángoftenHSK 2
- 经过jīngguòto passHSK 3
- 经理jīnglǐmanagerHSK 3
- 经历jīnglìundergoHSK 4
- 经验jīngyànexperienceHSK 4
- 经济jīngjìeconomyHSK 4
- 曾经céngjīngonceHSK 5
- 经典jīngdiǎnthe classicsHSK 5
- 经营jīngyíngto engage in (business etc)HSK 5
- 历经lìjīngto experienceHSK 6
- 神经shénjīngnerveHSK 6
- 经商jīngshāngto tradeHSK 6
- 一经yìjīngas soon asHSK 7
- 不经意bùjīngyìnot paying attentionHSK 7
- 取经qǔjīngto journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scripturesHSK 7
- 市场经济shìchǎngjīngjìmarket economyHSK 7
- 引经据典yǐnjīng-jùdiǎnliterally to quote the classicsHSK 7
- 正经zhèngjingdecentHSK 7
- 经久不息jīngjiǔ-bùxīprolonged (applause, cheering etc)HSK 7
- 经受jīngshòuto undergo (hardship)HSK 7
- 经度jīngdùlongitudeHSK 7
- 经费jīngfèifundsHSK 7
- 天经地义tiānjīng-dìyìliterally heaven's law and earth's principleHSK 8
- 经贸jīngmàoeconomy and trade (short for 经济贸易)HSK 9
- 财经cáijīngfinance and economicsHSK 9
- 饱经沧桑bǎojīng-cāngsānghaving lived through many changesHSK 9
Example sentences
- 已经五点了。 Yǐjing wǔ diǎn le.It's already five o'clock.
- 他已经准备好了。 Tā yǐjīng zhǔnbèi hǎo le.He already completed preparations.
- 我每天经过这家店。 Wǒ měitiān jīngguò zhè jiā diàn.I pass by this shop every day.
- 我以为你已经回家了。 Wǒ yǐwéi nǐ yǐjīng huíjiā le.I thought you had already gone home.