即席

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See also: 卽席

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

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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    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:
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    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

(literary) to take one's seat

Adverb

即席

impromptu; extempore; off the cuff

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
卽席 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そくせき (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

即(そく)席(せき) • (sokuseki)

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

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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