Chinese symbol for “improvisation”
即兴
jí xìng
Traditional: 即興
improvisation (in the arts); impromptu; extemporaneous
The closest CC-CEDICT match for improvisation is 即兴 (jí xìng), defined as: improvisation (in the arts); impromptu; extemporaneous.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “improvisation”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 机变 (機變) | jī biàn | improvisation; flexible |
| 即兴之作 (即興之作) | jí xìng zhī zuò | improvisation |
| 即兴发挥 (即興發揮) | jí xìng fā huī | improvisation |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 即兴.
| 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 |
| 兴趣 (興趣) | xìng qù | interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby |
| 高兴 (高興) | gāo xìng | happy; glad |
See also: Japanese symbol for “improvisation”.
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.