AS SOON AS    馬上就

IMMEDIATELY WHEN.
WHEN
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
Antonym
  • LATETIME when some OTHER TIME has ALREADY HAPPENED:passed, or when something SHOULD ALREADY have HAPPENED.
Hypernym
  • WHEN　The MOMENT t1 at which Situation S1 obtains being ALSO the MOMENT at which situation S2 obtains. (anc: 14/0, child: 1)
  • PRONOUN　NOUN REPLACING ANOTHER NOUN. [] (anc: 13/0, child: 13)
  • NAME　SPEAK so as to REFER to something OR WORD USED for REFERRING to something. (anc: 12/0, child: 5)

Words (9 items)

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"
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  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
方  fāng MC: pjang OC: paŋ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • padS1.adS2as soon as, the moment S1 then S2CH
今日  jīn rì OC: krɯm mljiɡ MC: kim ȵit 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPadS1.adS2as soon as
  Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • padS1.adS2as soon as, the moment S1 then S2CH