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立刻

immediately

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

li4ke4 • lìkè

Meaning

Primary

immediately

Alternatives

at once, right away

Mnemonic

You ask someone 刻 to carve a statue of you 立 standing, and they do so 立刻 immediately. In other words, they 立 stand up and start 刻 carving 立刻 immediately.

Usage

我 接到 你 的 電話， 立刻 就 來 了。

When I received your call, I immediately came over.

他 立刻 就 猜中 答案 了。

He immediately guessed the correct answer.

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