IMMEDIATELY  立刻立／即

AFTER an INTENSELY SHORT PERIOD, LACKING DELAY.
STRAIGHTAWAYAT ONCERIGHT AWAYINSTANTLYNOWDIRECTLYPROMPTLYFORTHWITHTHIS/THAT (VERY) MINUTETHIS/THAT INSTANTTHERE AND THENTHEN AND THEREON THE SPOTHERE AND NOWWITHOUT DELAYWITHOUT FURTHER ADOPOSTHASTEQUICKLYAS FAST AS POSSIBLESPEEDILYAS SOON AS POSSIBLEINFORMAL ASAPPRONTODOUBLE-QUICKON THE DOUBLEPDQIN/LIKE A FLASHLIKE A SHOTTOUT DE SUITEHUMOROUS TOOT SWEET
Hypernym
  • FUTURETIME PERIOD LATE IN-RELATION-TO NOW.
    • TIMEABSTRACT OBJECT that all EVENTS ARE-IN.
      • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
See also
  • QUICKBe INTENSE in MOVING OR CHANGING CAUSING the PERIOD of this MOVEMENT OR CHANGE to be INTENSELY SHORT.
    • NOWMOMENT BETWEEN PAST AND FUTURE.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. The most current and general word referring to something being about to happen in the immediate future is qiě 且.

      2. Jí 即 is a rather colourless word referring to action being performed without delay after another action.

      3. Jù 遽 (ant. huǎn 緩 "in due course, after a while") is a rather dramatic word refer to an action being performed without the slightest delay, post-haste.

      4. Zhé 輒 adds to the notion of immediate and undelayed action that of the regularity of this immediate action.

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      立刻

      即刻

      立時

      即時

      立地

      馬上

      立即

      隨即

      當即

      迅即

      當下

      登時

      頓時

      頓然

      及時

      眼看

      當時

      應時

      應聲

      旋踵

      旋即

      連忙

      急忙

      立

      就

      即

      便

      遂

      這

      rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

      • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 14.19

      • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 268

      • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no.109

      • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 547

      • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 550

      Words

      頓  dùn OC: tuuns MC: tuo̝n 16 AttributionsWD

      HYDCD: 27: 頓時立刻。

        Word relations
      • Ant: 漸/GRADUALLY The standard word for something happening gradually rather than abruptly is jiàn 漸.

        Syntactic words
      • nabconceptsuddenness; instantaneousness
      • vadNimmediate; sudden; instantaneous
      • vadVLu Ji, Wenfu: instantly, at one go
      即  jí OC: tsɯɡ MC: tsɨk 15 AttributionsWD

      Jí 即 is a rather colourless word referring to action being performed without delay after another action.

        Syntactic words
      • vadVwithout delay
      尋  xún OC: ljum MC: zim 12 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVimmediately
      無日  wú rì OC: ma mljiɡ MC: mi̯o ȵit 12 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPioccur without delay; be immediate
      • VPpostadVbefore the day is out> before long, before you know it; in no time
      • VPpostadVderivedin no timeCH
      速  sù OC: sooɡ MC: suk 11 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVbefore long, quickly (sometimes also: prematurely)
      且  qiě OC:  MC: tshɣɛ 10 AttributionsWD

      The most current and general word referring to something being about to happen in the immediate future is qiě 且

        Word relations
      • Ant: 已/ALREADY Yǐ 已 (ant. wèi 未 "not yet") is the general current word for "already", and this word can precede nominal predicates (在位已十年矣 "for already 10 years" analysed as vadN), jì 既 cannot be so used. [GENERAL]

        Syntactic words
      • padV城且拔矣be about to in the immediate future; will without delay; will start
      立  lì OC: ɡ-rub MC: lip 10 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVstante pede > without delay, in no time; immediately; on the spot
      一時  yī shí OC: qliɡ ɡljɯ MC: ʔit dʑɨ 9 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPadVpresentat the time defined by a contextually determinate other event (expressed in S) > at once, immediately
      輒  zhé OC: nteb MC: ʈiɛp 6 AttributionsWD

      Zhé 輒 adds to the notion of immediate and undelayed action that of the regularity of this immediate action.

        Syntactic words
      • vadVimmediately, at once, without delay
      遽  jù OC: ɡlas MC: gi̯ɤ 6 AttributionsWD

      Jù 遽 (ant. huǎn 緩 "in due course, after a while") is a rather dramatic word refer to an action being performed without the slightest delay, post-haste.

        Syntactic words
      • vadVat once, immediately; all at once; abruptly
      一舉  yī jǔ OC: qliɡ klaʔ MC: ʔit ki̯ɤ 5 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPadSat one stroke
      • NPadVthrough one action; at one stroke
      言下  yán xià OC: ŋan ɢraaʔ MC: ŋi̯ɐn ɦɣɛ 5 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPadVimmediately
      剎那  chà nà OC: tshraad naals MC: ʈʂhɣat nɑ 4 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPab.adVin an instance for as much as an instance
      便  biàn OC: bens MC: biɛn 3 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • padV.post-Nimmediately; at once; right now
      • padV1.postV2and immediately; and thereuponDS
      尋時  xún shí OC: ljum ɡljɯ MC: zim dʑɨ 3 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPadVimmediately
      直下  zhí xià OC: dɯɡ ɢraaʔ MC: ɖɨk ɦɣɛ 3 AttributionsWD
      • 唐五代語言詞典 Táng Wǔdài yǔyán cídiǎn A Dictionary of the Language of the Tang and Five Dynasties Periods ( JIANG/CAO 1997) p. 446

        Syntactic words
      • VPadVstraight under > in an instance, immediately, at once; straight away (also in BIANWEN)
      忽  hū OC: hmɯɯd MC: huot 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVabruptly without delay; immediately
      還  xuán OC: sɢʷen MC: ziɛn 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVimmediately, without delay; at the same time
      於前  yú qián OC: qa dzeen MC: ʔi̯ɤ dzen 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPpostadSimmediately
      徑  jìng OC: keeŋs MC: keŋ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • nadVtimeimmediately; directly; without further ado
      旋  xuán OC: sɢlon MC: ziɛn 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVSJ: before you could turn round, very quickly, immediately
      不暇  bù xiá OC: pɯʔ ɡraas MC: pi̯ut ɦɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPiZUO: be imminent
      即時  jí shí OC: tsɯɡ ɡljɯ MC: tsɨk dʑɨ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPadS1.postS2then immediately
      即立  jí lì OC: tsɯɡ ɡ-rub MC: tsɨk lip 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadVimmediately (no DCD)
      合下  hé xià OC: ɡloob ɢraaʔ MC: ɦəp ɦɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • PPadVimmediately; all at once; to start with
      登時  dēng shí OC: tɯɯŋ ɡljɯ MC: təŋ dʑɨ 1 AttributionWD
      • 唐五代語言詞典 Táng Wǔdài yǔyán cídiǎn A Dictionary of the Language of the Tang and Five Dynasties Periods ( JIANG/CAO 1997) p. 90,#1

        Syntactic words
      • VPadVimmediately, at once (poetry: with omitted main verb)
      欲  yù OC: k-loɡ MC: ji̯ok 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vt+V[0]be immediately about to
      忽焉  hū yān MC: xwot 'jen OC: hmɯɯd qranCH 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPibe instantaneous, occur immediatelyCH
      勃  bó MC: bwot OC: bɯɯdCH 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vi-V{SUFF}occur without delayCH
      實時  shí shí MC: zyit dzyi OC: ɢljiɡ ɡljɯDS 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPadV.postN{SUBJ}in real time > without delay; immediatelyDS
      逡巡  qūn xún MC: tshwin zwin OC: skhlun sɢʷunDS 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadSafter a short whileDS
      霍  huò OC: qhʷaaɡ MC: hɑk 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • padVat once
      一覽  yī lǎn OC: qliɡ ɡ-raamʔ MC: ʔit lɑm 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPadV?? at first glance > immediately, at once
      即然  jí rán OC: tsɯɡ njen MC: tsɨk ȵiɛn 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadVimmediately
      宿昔  sù xī OC: suɡ sqaɡ MC: suk siɛk 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPadSafter a short while, before long
      應時  yīng shí OC: qɯŋ ɡljɯ MC: ʔɨŋ dʑɨ 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadVimmediately, without delay
      登即  dēng jí OC: tɯɯŋ tsɯɡ MC: təŋ tsɨk 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadVimmediately
      如彈指  rú tán zhǐ OC: nja daan kjiʔ MC: ȵi̯ɤ dɑn tɕi 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadVimmediately
      發心之頃  fā xīn zhī qǐng OC: pod slɯm kljɯ khʷleŋʔ MC: pi̯ɐt sim tɕɨ khiɛŋ 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPadVBUDDH: in an instant of producing one thought > in an instant; SANSKRIT cittotpādena
      應  yīng OC: qɯŋ MC: ʔɨŋ 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVimmediately
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        Syntactic words
      • VPibe instantaneous, occur immediatelyCH
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        Syntactic words
      • vi-V{SUFF}occur without delayCH
      選  xuǎn 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • nabshort timeCH

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