jiǔdiàn yǐjīng shōudào yùfùkuǎn.

收到 is a very common resultative form: 收 + 到.

• 收 = to receive / collect
• 到 = reaching a result, successfully arriving

So 收到 means to have received, with emphasis that the thing actually arrived successfully.

Compare:

• 酒店收预付款。 = The hotel collects prepayments.
  This sounds more like a general fact or policy.
• 酒店已经收到预付款。 = The hotel has already received the prepayment.
  This refers to a completed result in this specific situation.

So in this sentence, 收到 fits because the speaker is talking about the successful receipt of the payment.

已经 means already. It marks that something has happened earlier than expected, or that the action is now complete by the relevant time.

In this sentence:

• 酒店已经收到预付款。
  = The hotel has already received the prepayment.

It usually appears before the verb phrase, which is why it comes before 收到预付款.

A common pattern is:

• subject + 已经 + verb/action

Examples:

• 我已经吃饭了。 = I already ate / I’ve already eaten.
• 他已经到了。 = He has already arrived.

So the placement in your sentence is normal.

Good question. In Mandarin, completed action does not always require 了.

This sentence works perfectly as:

• 酒店已经收到预付款。

because 收到 already expresses a completed result, and 已经 also helps show that the event has happened.

You can also say:

• 酒店已经收到了预付款。

This is also natural. Adding 了 often makes the completion feel a bit more explicit.

Very roughly:

• 已经收到 = already has received
• 已经收到了 = has indeed already received / has now received

Both are correct. Mandarin often gives you more than one natural way to express completion.

Here, 到 is not the main verb to arrive. It acts as a result complement.

In many Chinese verbs, 到 shows that the intended result has been achieved:

• 买到 = manage to buy / buy successfully
• 看到 = catch sight of / see
• 听到 = hear
• 收到 = receive successfully

So 收 describes the action, and 到 shows that the thing was actually obtained.

That is why 收到 often feels more complete and concrete than just 收.

Yes. In this sentence, 酒店 is the subject.

Structure:

• 酒店 = the hotel
• 已经 = already
• 收到 = has received
• 预付款 = prepayment / advance payment

So the basic structure is:

• Subject + time/adverb + verb + object

That makes 酒店 the one performing the action of receiving.

预付款 means prepayment, advance payment, or payment made in advance.

It can be broken down like this:

• 预 = in advance / beforehand
• 付 = pay
• 款 = funds / payment money

So it literally means something like advance-paid funds.

This word is common in formal or business-like contexts, such as hotels, bookings, contracts, and invoices.

Depending on context, English translations could include:

• prepayment
• advance payment
• deposit

But be careful: deposit is not always exactly the same as 预付款. A deposit may be only part of the total, while 预付款 is more generally any payment made in advance.

Yes, absolutely. That is very natural.

Both are correct:

• 酒店已经收到预付款。
• 酒店已经收到了预付款。

The version with 了 often sounds slightly more explicit about the completed event.

In everyday speech, many learners will hear both kinds of sentences. The choice depends on style, rhythm, and emphasis, not just strict grammar.

A simple way to think about it:

• 已经收到 = already received
• 已经收到了 = already did receive / has now received

In most real situations, the difference is small.

Mandarin does not use articles like a, an, and the the way English does.

So:

• 酒店 can mean the hotel, a hotel, or simply hotel, depending on context.
• 预付款 can mean the prepayment or a prepayment, again depending on context.

In your sentence, English would usually translate it as The hotel has already received the prepayment, because the context probably makes both nouns specific.

This is very normal in Chinese: context does the work that articles do in English.

Yes, it can be omitted, but the meaning changes slightly.

Compare:

• 酒店已经收到预付款。
  = The hotel has already received the prepayment.
• 酒店收到预付款。
  = The hotel received the prepayment / The hotel receives prepayments.

Without 已经, the sentence loses the clear already meaning. It may depend more on context to show whether this is:

• a completed event, or
• a general statement

So if you specifically want to express already, keep 已经.

It sounds fairly neutral and somewhat formal, which fits business, hotel, and customer-service contexts well.

Words like 酒店 and 预付款 are not slangy or casual. This kind of sentence would fit:

• a hotel message
• a booking confirmation
• an email
• customer service communication

A slightly more concise written style might use 已 instead of 已经:

• 酒店已收到预付款。

This sounds a bit more formal or administrative, like something you might see in a notice, system message, or receipt.

A very natural way is:

• 酒店还没收到预付款。

Breakdown:

• 还没 = not yet
• 收到 = receive successfully
• 预付款 = prepayment

This is the most common way to negate this kind of completed-result idea.

You could also say:

• 酒店还没有收到预付款。

That is slightly fuller, but it means the same thing.

Using 没 or 没有 is standard for negating past/completed actions in Mandarin.

Normally, this order is the most natural:

• 酒店已经收到预付款。

Mandarin word order is fairly strict here:

• subject first
• then adverbs like 已经
• then the verb phrase
• then the object

So 已经 should come before 收到, not after it.

For example, these are natural:

• 酒店已经收到预付款。
• 酒店已经收到了预付款。

But moving things around freely, as you might in English for emphasis, is usually not as natural in Chinese unless you use a special structure.

It is pronounced yǐjīng.

Tones:

• 已 yǐ = third tone
• 经 jīng = first tone

A couple of things to watch for:

• Make sure yǐ is a real third tone, not flat like first tone.
• jīng should be high and level.
• In natural speech, the third tone in yǐ may sound slightly lighter than the full textbook dipping shape, but it is still a third tone.

So the overall flow is roughly:

• low/dipping on yǐ
• high and level on jīng

Sometimes yes, but they are not always identical.

• 酒店 in modern Mandarin usually means hotel
• 饭店 can mean restaurant, and in some contexts it can also mean hotel

Because 饭店 is ambiguous, 酒店 is usually clearer when you specifically mean a hotel.

So for this sentence, 酒店 is the better choice if the meaning is definitely hotel.