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即刻

jí kè

2-character word

What 即刻 means

1. immediately
2. instant
3. instantly

The characters in 即刻

• 即jínamely; that is; i.e.
• 刻kèquarter (hour); moment; to carve

Example sentences

• 请即刻停止。
  Qǐng jíkè tíngzhǐ.
  Please stop that right now.
• 需要决定，即刻作出决定。
  Xūyào juédìng, jíkè zuòchū juédìng.
  They needed to make a decision - an immediate decision.
• 他们需要做决定——即刻作出决定。
  They needed to make a decision - an immediate decision.

Sounds the same

Read jí kè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 极客(loanword; colloquial) geek