即日

Mandarin · pinyin jí rì

Meanings

  1. this or that very day
  2. in the next few days
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即
jí · promptly, quickly, immediately
日
rì · sun; day; daytime
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2–4 · ji2 ri4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zik1 jat6

Cantonese word readings for 即日. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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zik1 jat6

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. (formal) on that day; on the same day
  2. (formal) in the next few days
  3. (formal) in the past few days; recently

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