即位

Chinese

		namely; right away; to approach namely; right away; to approach; to draw near	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
simp. and trad. (即位)		即	位

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ wai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chek-ūi / chit-ūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíwèi
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-wei⁴
    • Yale: jí-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiwey
    • Palladius: цзивэй (czivɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zik¹ wai⁶
    • Yale: jīk waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ wɐi̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 即位 職位／职位

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: tsik-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zek'ui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ui²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ ui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ui³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cit'ui
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ ui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ ui²²/

Verb

即位

1. to take up a new post; to assume a new position
2. (literary) to ascend the throne

Synonyms

• (to take up a new post): 就位 (jiùwèi), 就職／就职 (jiùzhí), 上任 (shàngrèn)

Related terms

• 繼位／继位 (jìwèi)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 即位 – see 這位 (“this person; here”). (This term is a variant form of 這位).

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
即	位
そく Grade: S	い Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
卽位 (kyūjitai)

Noun

即(そく)位(い) • (sokui) 

1. enthronement

Verb

即(そく)位(い)する • (sokui suru) intransitive suru (stem 即(そく)位(い)し (sokui shi), past 即(そく)位(い)した (sokui shita))

1. ascend the throne

Conjugation

Conjugation of "即位する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	即位し	そくいし	sokui shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	即位し	そくいし	sokui shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	即位する	そくいする	sokui suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	即位する	そくいする	sokui suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	即位すれ	そくいすれ	sokui sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	即位せよ¹ 即位しろ²	そくいせよ¹ そくいしろ²	sokui seyo¹ sokui shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	即位される	そくいされる	sokui sareru
Causative	即位させる 即位さす	そくいさせる そくいさす	sokui saseru sokui sasu
Potential	即位できる	そくいできる	sokui dekiru
Volitional	即位しよう	そくいしよう	sokui shiyō
Negative	即位しない	そくいしない	sokui shinai
Negative continuative	即位せず	そくいせず	sokui sezu
Formal	即位します	そくいします	sokui shimasu
Perfective	即位した	そくいした	sokui shita
Conjunctive	即位して	そくいして	sokui shite
Hypothetical conditional	即位すれば	そくいすれば	sokui sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative