AS SOON AS  馬上就

IMMEDIATELY WHEN.
WHEN
Antonym
  • LATETIME when some OTHER TIME has ALREADY HAPPENED:passed, or when something SHOULD ALREADY have HAPPENED.
    Hypernym
    • WHENThe MOMENT t1 at which Situation S1 obtains being ALSO the MOMENT at which situation S2 obtains.
      • PRONOUNNOUN REPLACING ANOTHER NOUN. []
        • NAMESPEAK so as to REFER to something OR WORD USED for REFERRING to something.
          • WORDSOUND IMAGE of a CONCEPT. (Leibniz, Couturat p. 432)...
    Old Chinese Criteria
    [[BASIC/MARGINAL]]

    [GENERAL/SPECIFIED]

    [[CURRENT/RARE]]

    1. The standard way of expression the idea of AS SOON AS is by preverbal yī 一.

    [GENERAL]; [[COMMON]]

    2. Jīn 今 "but now as soon as" is perhaps more hypothetically dramatising than yī 一, and the usage of this word in the meaning "as soon as" is rare.

    [ADVERSATIVE]; [[MARGINAL]], [[RARE]]

    3. Chū 初 refers to the initial stage where something is the case and the word is often best translated as "just", but sometimes it is conveniently rendered as "as soon as".

    [[MARGINAL]], [[RARE]]

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    俟

    旋

    GRAMMAR.

    first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH

      Words

      一  yī OC: qliɡ MC: ʔit
      壹  yī OC: qid MC: ʔit 24 Attributions

      The standard way of expression the idea of AS SOON AS is by preverbal yī 一. [GENERAL]; [[COMMON]]

        Syntactic words
      • vadV.adSas soon as, once (then...)
      • vadV.postN:adSas soon as (either temporal or logical!)
      壹  yī OC: qid MC: ʔit 11 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • vadV.postN{SUBJ}:adSas soon as
      纔  cái OC: dzɯɯ MC: dzəi
      才  cái OC: sɡɯɯ MC: dzəi 11 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • padS1.adS2S1=subjectlessthe moment when V, S; instant when V, S
      • padV.postN{SUBJ}:postSthe moment when; the instant when
      初  chū OC: tshra MC: ʈʂhi̯ɤ 8 Attributions

      Chū 初 refers to the initial stage where something is the case and the word is often best translated as "just", but sometimes it is conveniently rendered as "as soon as". [[MARGINAL]], [[RARE]]

        Syntactic words
      • nadV.adSas soon as, just 初生 "when he was just born, as soon as he is born, from birth"
      今  jīn OC: krɯm MC: kim 1 Attribution

      Jīn 今 "but now as soon as" is perhaps more hypothetically dramatising than yī 一 , and the usage of this word in the meaning "as soon as" is rare. [ADVERSATIVE]; [[MARGINAL]], [[RARE]]

        Syntactic words
      • nadS1.adS2But then as soon as
      適  shì OC: qljeɡ MC: ɕiɛk 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • vt0oS1.adS2as soon as 適啟其口 "as soon as he opened his mouth"
      今日  jīn rì OC: krɯm mljiɡ MC: kim ȵit 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • NPadS1.adS2as soon as
      方  fāng MC: pjang OC: paŋCH 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • padS1.adS2as soon as, the moment S1 then S2CH
        Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • padS1.adS2as soon as, the moment S1 then S2CH

      Existing SW for

      Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: