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即
Mandarin · pinyin jí
Meanings
- namely
- that is
- i.e.
- prompt
- at once
- at present
- even if
- prompted (by the occasion)
- to approach
- to come into contact
- to assume (office)
- to draw near
Characters in this entry
- 即
- jí · promptly, quickly, immediately
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Mandarin tones
2 · ji2
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 11 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zik1
Cantonese word readings for 即. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- (obsolete) to come near to eat
- to approach; to come near; to be near
- to ascend; to go up; to assume office
- prompted by the occasion
- (literary) if; assuming that
- (literary) even if; even though
- namely; that is; to be the same as; i.e.
- promptly; quickly; immediately; at once
- now; at present
- a surname
- (Southern Min, determiner) this
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