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.
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 ／
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 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
尋 xún OC: ljum MC: zim 12 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vadVimmediately
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
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
- 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 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
一舉 yī jǔ OC: qliɡ klaʔ MC: ʔit ki̯ɤ 5 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPadSat one stroke
- NPadVthrough one action; at one stroke
言下 yán xià OC: ŋan ɢraaʔ MC: ŋi̯ɐn ɦɣɛ 5 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPadVimmediately
剎那 chà nà OC: tshraad naals MC: ʈʂhɣat nɑ 4 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPab.adVin an instance for as much as an instance
便 biàn OC: bens MC: biɛn 3 Attributions
- 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 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)
忽 hū OC: hmɯɯd MC: huot 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vadVabruptly without delay; immediately
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
徑 jìng OC: keeŋs MC: keŋ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- nadVtimeimmediately; directly; without further ado
旋 xuán OC: sɢlon MC: ziɛn 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vadVSJ: before you could turn round, very quickly, immediately
不暇 bù xiá OC: pɯʔ ɡraas MC: pi̯ut ɦɣɛ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPiZUO: be imminent
即時 jí shí OC: tsɯɡ ɡljɯ MC: tsɨk dʑɨ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPadS1.postS2then immediately
即立 jí lì OC: tsɯɡ ɡ-rub MC: tsɨk lip 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPadVimmediately (no DCD)
合下 hé xià OC: ɡloob ɢraaʔ MC: ɦəp ɦɣɛ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- PPadVimmediately; all at once; to start with
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)
欲 yù OC: k-loɡ MC: ji̯ok 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vt+V[0]be immediately about to
忽焉 hū yān MC: xwot 'jen OC: hmɯɯd qranCH 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPibe instantaneous, occur immediatelyCH
勃 bó MC: bwot OC: bɯɯdCH 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vi-V{SUFF}occur without delayCH
實時 shí shí MC: zyit dzyi OC: ɢljiɡ ɡljɯDS 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPadV.postN{SUBJ}in real time > without delay; immediatelyDS
逡巡 qūn xún MC: tshwin zwin OC: skhlun sɢʷunDS 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPadSafter a short whileDS
霍 huò OC: qhʷaaɡ MC: hɑk 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- padVat once
一覽 yī lǎn OC: qliɡ ɡ-raamʔ MC: ʔit lɑm 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPadV?? at first glance > immediately, at once
即然 jí rán OC: tsɯɡ njen MC: tsɨk ȵiɛn 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPadVimmediately
宿昔 sù xī OC: suɡ sqaɡ MC: suk siɛk 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPadSafter a short while, before long
應時 yīng shí OC: qɯŋ ɡljɯ MC: ʔɨŋ dʑɨ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPadVimmediately, without delay
登即 dēng jí OC: tɯɯŋ tsɯɡ MC: təŋ tsɨk 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPadVimmediately
如彈指 rú tán zhǐ OC: nja daan kjiʔ MC: ȵi̯ɤ dɑn tɕi 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPadVimmediately
發心之頃 fā xīn zhī qǐng OC: pod slɯm kljɯ khʷleŋʔ MC: pi̯ɐt sim tɕɨ khiɛŋ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPadVBUDDH: in an instant of producing one thought > in an instant; SANSKRIT cittotpādena
應 yīng OC: qɯŋ MC: ʔɨŋ 0 Attributions
- 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 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nabshort timeCH
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