早已 (zǎo yǐ) means “for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past”. It is an HSK 3 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
我早已做好了准备。
Wǒ zǎoyǐ zuò hǎo le zhǔnbèi.
I was ready long ago.
Updated: 2026-07-18