伺機

See also: 伺机

Chinese

		to watch; to wait; to examine to watch; to wait; to examine; to spy; wait on	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (伺機)		伺	機
simp. (伺机)		伺	机

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sìjī

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ gei¹ / si⁶ gei¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sì-ki / sìr-ki

(Teochew, Peng'im): se⁶ gi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sìjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìhji
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-chi¹
  - Yale: sz̀-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhji
  - Palladius: сыцзи (syczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ gei¹ / si⁶ gei¹
  - Yale: jih gēi / sih gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ gei¹ / si⁶ gei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ géi¹ / xi⁶ géi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² kei̯⁵⁵/, /siː²² kei̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-ki
  - Tâi-lô: sì-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sie'ky
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr-ki
  - Tâi-lô: sìr-ki
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: se⁶ gi¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ̆ ki
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯ³⁵⁻¹¹ ki³³/

Verb

伺機

to watch for one's chance

Synonyms

乘勢 / 乘势 (chéngshì) (formal)
乘機 / 乘机 (chéngjī)
乘間 / 乘间 (chéngjiàn) (literary)
乘隙 (chéngxì) (literary)
趁勢 / 趁势 (chènshì)
趁機 / 趁机 (chènjī)
順勢 / 顺势 (shùnshì)

Derived terms

伺機而動 / 伺机而动