| 即刻 | jí kè | immediately / instant / instantly |   |
| 速成 | sù chéng | crash (course) / accelerated (process) / quick (fix) / instant (success) / to achieve in a short time | |
| 速食 | sù shí | (of food) fast / instant / (Tw) fast food | |
| 速溶 | sù róng | quick-dissolving / instantly-ready / instant | |
| 即食 | jí shí | instant (food) | |
| 瞬间 | shùn jiān | in an instant / in a flash | |
| 来电 | lái diàn | incoming telephone call (or telegram) / to phone in / to send in a telegram / to have an instant attraction to sb / (of electricity, after an outage) to come back | |
| 刹那 | chà nà | an instant (Sanskrit: ksana) / split second / the twinkling of an eye | |
| 一晃 | yī huǎng | (of passing time) in an instant / (of a sight) in a flash | |
| 即时通讯 | jí shí tōng xùn | instant messaging | |
| 方便面 | fāng biàn miàn | instant noodles | |
| 一瞬 | yī shùn | one instant / very short time / the twinkle of an eye | |
| 泡面 | pāo miàn | instant noodles | |
| 泡面 | pào miàn | instant noodles / (Tw) pirated software | |
| 顷刻间 | qǐng kè jiān | in an instant | |
| 急功近利 | jí gōng jìn lì | seeking instant benefit (idiom) / shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return | |
| 弹指 | tán zhǐ | to snap one's fingers / (fig.) in a flash / in an instant | |
| 一溜烟 | yī liù yān | like a wisp of smoke / (to disappear etc) in an instant | |
| 瞬息万变 | shùn xī wàn biàn | in an instant a myriad changes (idiom) / rapid substantial change | |
| 立竿见影 | lì gān jiàn yǐng | lit. set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom) / fig. to get instant results | |
| 即时通信 | jí shí tōng xìn | instant messaging | |
| 急于求成 | jí yú qiú chéng | anxious for quick results (idiom) / to demand instant success / impatient for result / impetuous | |
| 逡巡 | qūn xún | to draw back / to move back and forth / to hesitate / in an instant | |
| 一步登天 | yī bù dēng tiān | reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom) / (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success | |
| 马到成功 | mǎ dào chéng gōng | to win instant success (idiom) | |
| 一炮打响 | yī pào dǎ xiǎng | to win instant success (idiom) / to start off successfully | |
| 棒喝 | bàng hè | practice in which a novice monk is shouted at or hit with a stick with the purpose of bringing about instant awakening (Buddhism) / to rebuke sternly | |
| 猛可 | měng kě | suddenly / in an instant | |
| 速食面 | sù shí miàn | instant noodles | |
| 旋踵 | xuán zhǒng | (literary) in an instant (lit. to turn on one's heel) | |
| 吹糠见米 | chuī kāng jiàn mǐ | instant results / lit. blow the husk and see the rice | |
| 立地成佛 | lì dì chéng fó | to become a Buddha on the spot (idiom) / instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes | |
| 药到病除 | yào dào bìng chú | lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom) / fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results / (of a solution or method) highly effective | |
| 霎眼 | shà yǎn | to blink / in an instant / in the twinkle of an eye | |
| 速溶咖啡 | sù róng kā fēi | instant coffee | |
| 一霎时 | yī shà shí | in an instant | |
| 一霎眼 | yī shà yǎn | suddenly / in an instant | |
| 公仔面 | gōng zǎi miàn | brand of Hong Kong instant noodles / also used as term for instant noodles in general | |
| 即溶咖啡 | jí róng kā fēi | instant coffee | |
| 放下屠刀，立地成佛 | fàng xià tú dāo , lì dì chéng fó | lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom) / instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes | |
| 立杆见影 | lì gān jiàn yǐng | lit. put up a pole and see the shadow (idiom) / to expect instant results | |
| 转眼即逝 | zhuǎn yǎn jí shì | to pass in an instant / over in the twinkling of an eye | |
| 顷久 | qǐng jiǔ | an instant or an eternity | |
| 腾讯控股有限公司 | Téng xùn Kòng gǔ Yǒu xiàn Gōng sī | Tencent Holdings Limited (developers of the QQ instant messaging platform) | |
| 快熟面 | kuài shú miàn | instant noodles | |
| Lotus即时信息和万维网会议软件 | | Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing | |
| 一次性二轮选举 | | instant run-off voting | |
| 扣扣 | Kòu kòu | (Internet slang) QQ instant messenger | |
| 拉黑 | lā hēi | to add sb to one's blacklist (on a cellphone, or in instant messaging software etc) / abbr. for 拉到黑名單|拉到黑名单 | |
| 一炮而红 | yī pào ér hóng | to win instant success (idiom) / to become an instant hit | |
| 生力面 | shēng lì miàn | instant noodles (old) | |
| 一刹那 | yī chà nà | a moment / an instant / in a flash | |
| 即时消息 | jí shí xiāo xi | instant message | |
| 火鸡面 | huǒ jī miàn | buldak ramen (a type of spicy Korean instant noodles) | |
