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立刻

lì kè

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

立刻 (lì kè) means "immediately (colloquial, spoken)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 立刻 means

1. immediately; at once; right away

How 立刻 is used in grammar

立刻 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Time Adverbs: 本来, 才, 曾经, 从来, 立刻 (HSK 3)
• Time adverbs: 渐渐/逐渐/及时/立刻 (HSK 4)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 5, adverbs (时间副词).

The characters in 立刻

• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish
• 刻kèquarter (hour); moment; to carve

Example sentences

• 请立刻回来。
  Please come back at once.
• 他想立刻结婚。
  He wants to get married right away.
• 我会立刻开始。
  I'll get started right away.
• 医生立刻就到了。
  The doctor came immediately.
• 是，我立刻就来。
  Yes, I'm coming immediately.
• 我们立刻开始吧。
  Let's start right away.

Sounds the same

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

• 力克to prevail with difficulty

Where 立刻 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Competition, Fitness & Timing (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lì kè correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.