Chinese symbol for “imminent”
即将来临
jí jiāng lái lín
Traditional: 即將來臨
imminent
The closest CC-CEDICT match for imminent is 即将来临 (jí jiāng lái lín), defined as: imminent.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “imminent”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 指日可待 | zhǐ rì kě dài | imminent; just around the corner (idiom) |
| 迫在眉睫 | pò zài méi jié | pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent |
| 近在眼前 | jìn zài yǎn qián | right under one's nose; right in front of one's eyes; close at hand; imminent |
| 当头 (當頭) | dāng tóu | coming right into one's face; imminent |
| 在即 | zài jí | near at hand; imminent |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 即将来临.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 即使 | jí shǐ | even if; even though |
| 立即 | lì jí | immediately |
| 即将 (即將) | jí jiāng | about to; on the point of; soon |
| 即可 | jí kě | equivalent to 就可以; can then (do sth) |
| 即便 | jí biàn | even if; even though |
| 随即 (隨即) | suí jí | immediately; presently |
| 将军 (將軍) | jiāng jūn | general; high-ranking military officer |
| 将会 (將會) | jiāng huì | auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause) |
| 起来 (起來) | qǐ lai | to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2] |
| 面临 (面臨) | miàn lín | to face sth; to be confronted with |
See also: Japanese symbol for “imminent”.
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.