既有 (jì yǒu) — existing; already existing

Definition

既有 (jì yǒu) is a written/formal verb-noun meaning 'already existing' — often used as a set modifier in 既有…(又有)… ('both… and…') or before nouns like 既有客户. Collocates with abstract, established things, not casual speech.

existingalready existing

Examples

既有。
Zài jì yǒu de jī chǔ shàng jìn xíng gǎi jìn.
Make improvements on the existing basis.
既有。
Gōng sī bǎo liú le jì yǒu kè hù.
The company retained its existing customers.
既有。
Wǒ men xū yào kǎo lǜ jì yǒu de tiáo jiàn.
We need to consider the existing conditions.

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