# 即事
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jíshì
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zik$^1$ si$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jíshì
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jíshìh
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^2$-shih$^4$
*** Yale: jí-shr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyishyh
*** Palladius: цзиши (cziši)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$即事 即是 吉事 吉士 急事 集市
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zik$^1$ si$^6$
*** Yale: jīk sih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzik$^7$ si$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jig$^1$ xi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɪk̚⁵ siː²²/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$即事 即是
* Middle Chinese: tsik tsriH
Rime :
| Character | 即 | 事 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) | 莊 (18) |
| Final (韻) | 職 (134) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 子力切 | 側吏切 |
| Baxter | tsik | tsriH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sɨk̚/ | /t͡ʃɨ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sɨk̚/ | /ʈ͡ʂɨ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡siek̚/ | /t͡ʃie$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sik̚/ | /ʈ͡ʂɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡siək̚/ | /t͡ʃiə$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sĭək̚/ | /t͡ʃĭə$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡si̯ək̚/ | /ʈ͡ʂi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ji | zhì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zik$^1$ | zi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ik [m-s-]rəʔ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯɡ zrɯs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 即 | 事 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jí | shì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsik › | ‹ dzri$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ts]ik/ | /*[m-s-]rəʔ-s/ |
| English | go to | serve; service, affair |
| 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 | 事 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| No. | 5725 | 11486 |
| Phonetic component | 即 | 史 |
| Rime group | 職 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 即 | 事 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsɯɡ/ | /*zrɯs/ |
| Notes | 甲文象即食卪非聲 | 史吏轉註字 |

### Verb

即事
* (literary) to perform one's work; to be at one's duty; to take part in an activity
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
    Xuānzǐ cí yān, shǐ jíshì yú huì, chéng kǎitì yě. [Pinyin]
    Xuanzi (of Fan) apologised to him (Juzhi) and invited him to participate in the convention, so that his reputation as a "graceful and courteous lord" could be preserved.
    From: Mozi, c. 4th century BCE
    Bǎiguān gòngcái, bǎigōng jíshì, sīmǎ shì chéng xiū zúwǔ. [Pinyin]
    The officials share (a common collection of) resources; the artisans and workers perform (their respective) jobs; and the military officers inspect the fortification and train the troops.
* to describe events or surroundings at a particular location
    安南即事 ― Ānnán Jíshì ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Derived terms

* 即事即理
* 即事詩／即事诗

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 即 | 事 |
| そく Grade: S | じ Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 卽事 (kyūjitai)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [so̞kɯ̟ʑi]

### Noun

即(そく)事(じ) • (sokuji)
* a description of the events or surroundings at a location
** c. 1420: Rōshōdō Nihon Kōroku
    是月十五日受命發京路上即事

### References

* Song, Hui-Gyeong with Shōsuke Murai (1987) [c. 1420] Rōshōdō Nihon Kōroku, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN