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即

jí

HSK 4 Character

What 即 means

1. namely
2. that is
3. i.e.
4. prompt
5. at once
6. at present
7. even if
8. prompted (by the occasion)
9. to approach
10. to come into contact
11. to assume (office)
12. to draw near

Example sentences

• 立即走！
  Go now!
• 立即送医。
  Lìjí sòngyī.
  Send for a doctor at once.
• 朕即国家！
  I am the State!
• 朕即国家。
  I am the state.
• 立即储存！
  Save now!
• 立即开始。
  Begin now.

Words starting with 即

• 即使jí shǐeven if; even though
• 即将jí jiāngabout to; on the point of; soon
• 即便jí biàneven if; even though; right away
• 即可jí kěequivalent to 就可以; can then (do sth); can immediately (do sth)
• 即时jí shíimmediate
• 即兴jí xìngimprovisation (in the arts); impromptu; extemporaneous
• 即刻jí kèimmediately; instant; instantly
• 即日jí rìthis or that very day; in the next few days
• 即位jí wèito succeed to the throne; accession
• 即令jí lìngeven if; even though
• 即如jí rúsuch as
• 即席jí xíimpromptu; improvised; to take one's seat (at a banquet etc)
• 即或jí huòeven if; even though
• 即为jí wéito be considered to be; to be defined to be; to be called
• 即由jí yóunamely
• 即时制jí shí zhìreal-time (gaming)
• 即期品jí qī pǐnproduct approaching its expiry date (Tw)
• 即时即地jí shí jí dìmoment-to-moment
• 即时消息jí shí xiāo xiinstant message
• 即付jí fùto pay on demand
• 即食jí shíinstant (food)
• 即早jí zǎoas soon as possible
• 即将来临jí jiāng lái línimminent
• 即兴之作jí xìng zhī zuòimprovisation

Words containing 即

• 立即lì jíimmediately
• 随即suí jíimmediately; presently; following which
• 当即dāng jíat once; on the spot
• 在即zài jínear at hand; imminent; within sight
• 旋即xuán jísoon after; shortly
• 亦即yì jínamely; that is
• 转瞬即逝zhuǎn shùn jí shì(idiom) fleeting; transitory
• 一拍即合yī pāi jí hélit. to be together from the first beat (idiom); to hit it off; to click together
• 若即若离ruò jí ruò lílit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom); fig. to keep one's distance…
• 一触即发yī chù jí fācould happen at any moment; on the verge
• 稍纵即逝shāo zòng jí shìtransient; fleeting
• 迅即xùn jíimmediately; promptly; quickly
• 意即yì jíwhich means; (this) means (that)
• 不即不离bù jí bù líto be neither too familiar nor too distant; to keep sb at arm's length
• 点到即止diǎn dào jí zhǐto touch on sth and leave it there; to take care not to overdo sth
• 所见即所得suǒ jiàn jí suǒ déWhat you see is what you get (WYSIWYG)
• 平台即服务píng tái jí fú wù(computing) platform as a service (PaaS)
• 见票即付jiàn piào jí fùpayable at sight; payable to bearer
• 软件即服务ruǎn jiàn jí fú wùsoftware as a service (SaaS)
• 当断即断dāng duàn jí duànnot to delay making a decision when a decision is needed
• 非黑即白fēi hēi jí báiblack-or-white (e.g. good or bad, with no middle ground)
• 售完即止shòu wán jí zhǐwhile stocks last; subject to availability
• 呼之即来hū zhī jí láito come when called (idiom); ready and compliant; always at sb's beck and call
• 非富即贵fēi fù jí guìwealthy and respectable people

Characters that look like 即

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 耶yē(phonetic ye)
• 阳yángpositive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism)
• 郎láng(arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status
• 卵luǎnegg; ovum; spawn; (colloquial) testicles; (old) penis
• 邳Pīsurname Pi; Han dynasty county in present-day Jiangsu; also pr. Péi
• 郅zhìextremely; very

Sounds the same

Read jí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 及and; to reach; up to
• 极extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 级level; grade; rank
• 急urgent; pressing; rapid
• 籍(bound form) book; record; register; (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral…
• 集to gather; to collect; collected works
• 辑to gather up; to collect; to edit
• 吉lucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
• 疾(bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
• 嫉jealousy; to be jealous of
• 笈trunks (for books)
• 藉(literary) to tread on; to insult; used in 狼藉