Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- jí
English
- promptly, quickly, immediately
- namely
- that is
- i.e.
- prompt
- at once
- at present
- even if
- prompted (by the occasion)
- to approach
- to come into contact
- to assume (office)
- to draw near
- immediately; at once
- immediately; instantly; in no time
- to be; to mean
- to start
粵語
- 立刻;馬上;而家;當時
- 立刻;馬上
- 等於;就係;意思上一樣
- 到;開始從事
As a component in · 37
Variants
Words containing 即
- 立即laap6 zik1
immediately
- 即將zik1 zoeng1
about to; on the point of; soon
- 即時zik1 si4
immediate
- 即日zik1 jat6
this or that very day
- 即使zik1 si2
even if; even though
- 在即zoi6 zik1
near at hand
- 即是zik1 si6
that is
- 隨即ceoi4 zik1
immediately
- 即場zik1 coeng4
real time; live
- 即係zik1 hai6
(adverb) same as; exactly as; equivalent to; 'which means' or 'which is to say', usually used before explanations
- 即管zik1 gun2
by all means
- 即刻zik1 hak1
immediately
- 即興zik1 hing3
improvisation (in the arts)
- 即位zik1 wai6
to succeed to the throne
- 即食zik1 sik6
instant (food)
- 旋即syun4 zik1
soon after
- 即席zik1 zik6
impromptu
- 迅即seon3 zik1
immediately
- 即係話zik1 hai6 waa6
that is to say…
- 即晚zik1 maan5
tonight; from tonight onwards
- 即棄zik1 hei3
disposable
- 即討zik1 tou2
instant discussion on an online forum or social media
- 一觸即發jat1 cuk1 zik1 faat3
could happen at any moment
- 即可zik1 ho2
equivalent to 就可以