# 即位
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jíwèi
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zik$^1$ wai$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chek-ūi / chit-ūi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jíwèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jíwèi
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^2$-wei$^4$
*** Yale: jí-wèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiwey
*** Palladius: цзивэй (czivɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zik$^1$ wai$^6$
*** Yale: jīk waih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzik$^7$ wai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jig$^1$ wei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɪk̚⁵ wɐi̯²²/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$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/
* Middle Chinese: tsik hwijH
Rime :
| Character | 即 | 位 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 職 (134) | 脂 (18) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 子力切 | 于愧切 |
| Baxter | tsik | hwijH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sɨk̚/ | /ɦˠiuɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sɨk̚/ | /ɦʷᵚi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡siek̚/ | /ɣiuɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sik̚/ | /ɦjwi$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡siək̚/ | /ɣjui$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sĭək̚/ | /ɣwi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡si̯ək̚/ | /wi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ji | wèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zik$^1$ | wai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ik [ɢ]ʷrəp-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯɡ ɢʷrɯbs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 即 | 位 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jí | wèi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsik › | ‹ hwij$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ts]ik/ | /*[ɢ]ʷrəp-s/ (< *ɢʷəʔ-rəp-s ?) |
| English | go to | standing, position |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 即 | 位 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 5725 | 7865 |
| Phonetic component | 即 | 立 |
| Rime group | 職 | 內 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 即 | 位 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsɯɡ/ | /*ɢʷrɯbs/ |
| Notes | 甲文象即食卪非聲 | |

#### Verb

即位
* to take up a new post; to assume a new position
* to ascend the throne; to succeed to the throne

##### Synonyms

* (to take up a new post):
* 上任 (shàngrèn)
* 任事 (rènshì) (literary)
* 任職／任职 (rènzhí)
* 供職／供职 (gòngzhí) (literary)
* 做事 (zuòshì)
* 出任 (chūrèn)
* 到任 (dàorèn) (literary)
* 到職／到职 (dàozhí) (literary)
* 就事 (jiùshì) (literary)
* 就任 (jiùrèn)
* 就位 (jiùwèi)
* 就職／就职 (jiùzhí)
* 蒞任／莅任 (lìrèn) (literary)
* (to ascend the throne): 登基 (dēngjī), 繼位／继位 (jìwèi)

##### Descendants

* → Japanese: 即(そく)位(い) (sokui)
* → Korean: 즉위(卽位) (jeugwi)
* → Vietnamese: tức vị (即位)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

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

#### Pronoun

即位
* (Southern Min) Alternative form of 這位／这位 (zhèwèi, “here”)

## 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)
* 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))
* ascend the throne

#### Conjugation

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 ||||