即日

Chinese

		namely; right away; to approach namely; right away; to approach; to draw near	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (即日)		即	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jírì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ jat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chek-ji̍t / chek-li̍t / chit-li̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jírì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jírìh
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-jih⁴
    • Yale: jí-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiryh
    • Palladius: цзижи (cziži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 即日 吉日 集日

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zik¹ jat⁶
    • Yale: jīk yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ jɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-ji̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsik-ji̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zekjit
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ zit̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-li̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsik-li̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeklit
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lit̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-li̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-li̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: citlit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ lit̚⁴/

Noun

即日

1. (formal) on that day; on the same day

   即日起建立外交關係 [MSC, trad.]
   即日起建立外交关系 [MSC, simp.]

   jírì qǐ jiànlì wàijiāo guānxì [Pinyin]

   establish diplomatic relations immediately

   即日起罷工／即日起罢工 [Cantonese]  ―  zik¹ jat⁶ hei² baa⁶ gung¹ [Jyutping]  ―  strike immediately

2. (formal) in the next few days
3. (formal) in the past few days; recently

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (即日):

• → Japanese: 即日(そくじつ) (sokujitsu)