# 早已 (zǎoyǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 早已 (zǎoyǐ) means “long ago; already; for a long time”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: long ago; already; for a long time
- Pinyin: zǎoyǐ (zao3 yi3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3

## Examples

- 我们早已认识了。
  Wǒmen zǎoyǐ rènshi le.
  We have known each other for a long time.

## Characters

- [早](https://hanziro.com/word/zao-early/) (zǎo): early; morning
- [已](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-already/) (yǐ): already; to stop

https://hanziro.com/word/zao-yi-long-ago/

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