经

to pass through; classic book

No. 58 most used

How it's built

• 纟silk
• 又hand
• 工work

A way to remember it

Silk threads (纟) running straight through a loom: to pass through.

Words

• 已经

  yǐ jīng

  already
• 曾经

  céng jīng

  once; already; former
• 经常

  jīng cháng

  frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
• 经历

  jīng lì

  to experience; to go through; experience (CL:段,次)
• 经过

  jīng guò

  to pass; to go through; process
• 经验

  jīng yàn

  experience; to go through; to experience

Sentences

• 你经常对我说这个。

  nǐ jīng cháng duì wǒ shuō zhè ge

  You say this to me a lot.
• 她经常来这个国家。

  tā jīng cháng lái zhè ge guó jiā

  She's a frequent visitor to this country.
• 是的，这经常发生。

  shì de zhè jīng cháng fā shēng

  Yes, it happens from time to time.
• 电影已经开始了吗？

  diàn yǐng yǐ jīng kāi shǐ le ma

  Has the movie started?

Your progress is saved in this browser. In the app it comes with you, along with your own songs and videos. Get the app

How often characters are written: wordfreq by Robyn Speer, CC BY-SA 4.0, with data from Google Books Ngrams and SUBTLEX by Marc Brysbaert and others. Meanings: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sentences: Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. How often they're said: FrequencyWords and OPUS, from OpenSubtitles.