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Chinese symbol for “immediate”

即时
jí shí
Traditional: 即時
immediate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for immediate is 即时 (jí shí), defined as: immediate.

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Characters and stroke order

即 jí
promptly, quickly, immediately
radical 26 ⼙ · 7 strokes
时 shí
time, season; period, era, age
radical 72 ⽇ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “immediate”

WordPinyinMeaning
顶头 (頂頭)dǐng tóuto come directly towards one; top

Related words

Other words that share a character with 即时.

WordPinyinMeaning
即使jí shǐeven if; even though
立即lì jíimmediately
即将 (即將)jí jiāngabout to; on the point of; soon
即可jí kěequivalent to 就可以; can then (do sth)
即便jí biàneven if; even though
随即 (隨即)suí jíimmediately; presently
时间 (時間)shí jiān(concept of) time; (duration of) time
时候 (時候)shí houtime; length of time

See also: Japanese symbol for “immediate”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.