HSK 5 · Time

立刻 lìkè “immediately” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 立刻 means

  1. immediately
  2. at once
  3. right away

How to say 立刻

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale立lì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale刻kè4th tone, falling

立刻 in a sentence

  1. 我们立刻开始吧。

    Wǒmen lìkè kāishǐ ba.

    Let’s start right away.

    Sentence #1878268 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 医生立刻就到了。

    Yīshēng lìkè jiù dào le.

    The doctor came immediately.

    Sentence #6822735 from Tatoeba

  3. 你最好立刻回家。

    Nǐ zuìhǎo lìkè huíjiā.

    You’d better go home right away.

    Sentence #874471 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 立刻 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 立 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
立lìto stand
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 一one · yī
The character 刻 (kè) with each of its parts in a different colour
刻kèquarter
  • 亥part of the characterSound part
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part

How to write 立刻

立 5 strokes · 刻 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

立刻 (lìkè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 立刻 (lìkè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 立刻

Words with 立

立即lìjí · immediately成立chénglì · to establish建立jiànlì · to establish独立dúlì · independent立足lìzú · to gain a foothold确立quèlì · to establish设立shèlì · to set up树立shùlì · to establish孤立gūlì · isolated立体lìtǐ · three-dimensional

Words with 刻

刻kè · quarter hour时刻shíkè · time刻苦kèkǔ · hardworking深刻shēnkè · profound片刻piànkè · a moment雕刻diāokè · to carve刻不容缓kèbùrónghuǎn · extremely urgent

More words: Time & Sequence

近代jìndài · modern times (roughly 1840 to 1919 in China)空闲kòngxián · free time连续liánxù · continuous立即lìjí · immediately目前mùqián · at the present time年代niándài · a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)年纪niánjì · age平常píngcháng · ordinary

FAQs

立刻 (lìkè) means “immediately” or “at once”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it lìkè: lì with a 4th tone, then kè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 立刻 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type like with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 立刻 from the suggestions. Typing like into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
立刻 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.