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
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 ／
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.
Hypernym
  • FUTURE　TIME PERIOD LATE IN-RELATION-TO NOW. (anc: 5/0, child: 2)
  • PERIOD　TIME CONSISTING of a LIMITED SEQUENCE of MOMENTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 20)
  • TIME　ABSTRACT OBJECT that all EVENTS ARE-IN. (anc: 3/0, child: 11)
Other Hypernyms
  • FUTUREnew-309aa3bc-f547-46d5-9aa3-bcf54796d5b7　TIME PERIOD LATE IN-RELATION-TO NOW. (anc: 4/0, child: 2)
  • TIME　ABSTRACT OBJECT that all EVENTS ARE-IN. (anc: 3/0, child: 11)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • 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 (43 items)

    頓  dùn OC: tuuns MC: tuo̝n 16 Attributions

    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 Attributions

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

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

    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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadVstante pede > without delay, in no time; immediately; on the spot
    一時  yī shí OC: qliɡ ɡljɯ MC: ʔit dʑɨ 9 Attributions
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    • NPadVpresentat the time defined by a contextually determinate other event (expressed in S) > at once, immediately
    輒  zhé OC: nteb MC: ʈiɛp 6 Attributions

    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 Attributions

    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
    言下  yán xià OC: ŋan ɢraaʔ MC: ŋi̯ɐn ɦɣɛ 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPadVimmediately
    一舉  yī jǔ OC: qliɡ klaʔ MC: ʔit ki̯ɤ 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPadSat one stroke
    • NPadVthrough one action; at one stroke
    剎那  chà nà OC: tshraad naals MC: ʈʂhɣat nɑ 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPab.adVin an instance for as much as an instance
    尋時  xún shí OC: ljum ɡljɯ MC: zim dʑɨ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPadVimmediately
    直下  zhí xià OC: dɯɡ ɢraaʔ MC: ɖɨk ɦɣɛ 3 Attributions
    • 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)
    便  biàn OC: bens MC: biɛn 3 Attributions
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    • padV.post-Nimmediately; at once; right now
    • padV1.postV2and immediately; and thereuponDS
    還  xuán OC: sɢʷen MC: ziɛn 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadVimmediately, without delay; at the same time
    於前  yú qián OC: qa dzeen MC: ʔi̯ɤ dzen 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPpostadSimmediately
    不暇  bù xiá OC: pɯʔ ɡraas MC: pi̯ut ɦɣɛ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPiZUO: be imminent
    忽  hū OC: hmɯɯd MC: huot 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadVabruptly without delay; immediately
    即時  jí shí OC: tsɯɡ ɡljɯ MC: tsɨk dʑɨ 1 Attribution
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    • NPadS1.postS2then immediately
    實時  shí shí MC: zyit dzyi OC: ɢljiɡ ɡljɯ 1 Attribution
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    • NPadV.postN{SUBJ}in real time > without delay; immediatelyDS
    忽焉  hū yān MC: xwot 'jen OC: hmɯɯd qran 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe instantaneous, occur immediatelyCH
    即立  jí lì OC: tsɯɡ ɡ-rub MC: tsɨk lip 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVimmediately (no DCD)
    登時  dēng shí OC: tɯɯŋ ɡljɯ MC: təŋ dʑɨ 1 Attribution
    • 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)
    逡巡  qūn xún MC: tshwin zwin OC: skhlun sɢʷun 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadSafter a short whileDS
    勃  bó MC: bwot OC: bɯɯd 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vi-V{SUFF}occur without delayCH
    徑  jìng OC: keeŋs MC: keŋ 1 Attribution
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    • nadVtimeimmediately; directly; without further ado
    旋  xuán OC: sɢlon MC: ziɛn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vadVSJ: before you could turn round, very quickly, immediately
    欲  yù OC: k-loɡ MC: ji̯ok 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vt+V[0]be immediately about to
    合下  hé xià OC: ɡloob ɢraaʔ MC: ɦəp ɦɣɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • PPadVimmediately; all at once; to start with
    發心之頃  fā xīn zhī qǐng OC: pod slɯm kljɯ khʷleŋʔ MC: pi̯ɐt sim tɕɨ khiɛŋ 0 Attributions
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    • NPadVBUDDH: in an instant of producing one thought > in an instant; SANSKRIT cittotpādena
    宿昔  sù xī OC: suɡ sqaɡ MC: suk siɛk 0 Attributions
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    • NPadSafter a short while, before long
    即然  jí rán OC: tsɯɡ njen MC: tsɨk ȵiɛn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVimmediately
    選  xuǎn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabshort timeCH
    霍  huò OC: qhʷaaɡ MC: hɑk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padVat once
    登即  dēng jí OC: tɯɯŋ tsɯɡ MC: təŋ tsɨk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVimmediately
    應時  yīng shí OC: qɯŋ ɡljɯ MC: ʔɨŋ dʑɨ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVimmediately, without delay
    應  yīng OC: qɯŋ MC: ʔɨŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadVimmediately
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe instantaneous, occur immediatelyCH
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vi-V{SUFF}occur without delayCH
    如彈指  rú tán zhǐ OC: nja daan kjiʔ MC: ȵi̯ɤ dɑn tɕi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVimmediately
    一覽  yī lǎn OC: qliɡ ɡ-raamʔ MC: ʔit lɑm 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPadV?? at first glance > immediately, at once