HSK 5 · Time

立即 lìjí “immediately” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 立即 means

  1. immediately

How to say 立即

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale即jí2nd tone, rising

立即 in a sentence

  1. 你应该立即离开。

    Nǐ yīnggāi lìjí líkāi.

    You should leave at once.

    Sentence #13666057 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 我很抱歉，但我无法立即回答。

    Wǒ hěn bàoqiàn, dàn wǒ wúfǎ lìjí huídá.

    I’m sorry, but I can’t answer right away.

    Sentence #798409 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 如果小错误不被立即纠正，可能会导致严重问题。

    Rúguǒ xiǎo cuòwù bú bèi lìjí jiūzhèng, kěnéng huì dǎozhì yánzhòng wèntí.

    If small mistakes are not corrected at once, they may lead to serious problems.

    Sentence #2915543 from Tatoeba

How 立即 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 即 (jí) drawn as one shape
即jínamely

即 is a single shape of 7 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 立即

立 5 strokes · 即 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 立即

Words with 立

立刻lìkè · 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 即

即使jíshǐ · even if即将jíjiāng · about to随即suíjí · immediately即便jíbiàn · even if

More words: Time & Sequence

阶段jiēduàn · stage近代jìndài · modern times (roughly 1840 to 1919 in China)空闲kòngxián · free time连续liánxù · continuous立刻lìkè · immediately目前mùqián · at the present time年代niándài · a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)年纪niánjì · age

FAQs

立即 (lìjí) means “immediately”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it lìjí: lì with a 4th tone, then jí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 立即 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type liji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 立即 from the suggestions. Typing liji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
立即 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.