# 立刻 (lìkè)

In Mandarin Chinese, 立刻 (lìkè) means “immediately”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: immediately
- Pinyin: lìkè (li4 ke4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 听到消息后，他立刻出发了。
  Tīngdào xiāoxi hòu, tā lìkè chūfā le.
  After hearing the news, he set off immediately.

## Characters

- [立](https://hanziro.com/word/li-stand/) (lì): to stand; to set up
- [刻](https://hanziro.com/word/ke-quarter/) (kè): quarter (hour); moment

https://hanziro.com/word/li-ke-immediately/

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