即
jí HSK4

promptly

即 jí
immediately adverb
prompt; at once; at present

大家看到队长打出的手势，即迅速靠拢。

dà​jiā kàn​dào duì​zhǎng dǎ​chū de shǒu​shì, jí xùn​sù kào​lǒng.

As soon as everyone saw the captain's gesture, they quickly closed in.

namely verb
namely; that is; i.e.

这里的“家”即指他的故乡。

zhè​lǐ de“ jiā” jí zhǐ tā de gù​xiāng.

In this context, 'home' refers to his hometown.

assume verb
to assume an office or position

新登基的国王今天举行了即位大典。

xīn dēng​jī de guó​wáng jīn​tiān jǔ​xíng le jí wèi dà​diǎn.

The newly enthroned king held his coronation ceremony today.

even if conjunction
even if; even though

即无外援，我们也必须坚守阵地。

jí wú wài​yuán, wǒ​men yě bì​xū jiān​shǒu zhèn​dì.

Even without outside help, we must hold our ground.

approach idiom
to approach; to come into contact; to draw near

他在处理感情问题时总是若即若离。

tā zài chǔ​lǐ gǎn​qíng wèn​tí shí zǒng​shì ruò​jí​ruò​lí.

He is always hot and cold when dealing with relationship issues.

impromptu adverb
prompted by the occasion; on the spot

他在晚宴上即席创作了一首赞美诗。

tā zài wǎn​yàn shàng jí​xí chuàng​zuò le yī shǒu zàn​měi​shī.

He composed a hymn of praise on the spot at the banquet.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
293rd most common 756.9 per million
Movie subtitles
743rd most common 171.1 per million appears in 60% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
27.0 per million appears in 10% of films
Written text
246.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+5373

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)