即席

Chinese

		namely; right away; to approach namely; right away; to approach; to draw near	banquet; woven mat; seat banquet; woven mat; seat; place
simp. and trad. (即席)		即	席

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ zik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chek-se̍k / chit-se̍k / chit-si̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jísí
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-hsi²
    • Yale: jí-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyishyi
    • Palladius: цзиси (czisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ɕi³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 即席 急襲／急袭

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zik¹ zik⁶
    • Yale: jīk jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 即席 織蓆／织席

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-se̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsik-si̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeksek
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ siɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ siɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-se̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-si̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: citsek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ siɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: citsit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ sit̚²⁴/

Verb

即席

1. (literary) to take one's seat

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 即席

1. impromptu; extempore; off the cuff

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
即	席
そく Grade: S	せき Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
卽席 (kyūjitai)

Noun

即(そく)席(せき) • (sokuseki) 

1. being impromptu, extemporaneous, off the cuff
2. being instant (of a beverage or food)