契機

See also: 契机

Chinese

		contract	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (契機)		契	機
simp. (契机)		契	机

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qìjī

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kai³ gei¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khè-ki / khòe-ki

(Teochew, Peng'im): koi³ gi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qìjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cìji
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-chi¹
  - Yale: chì-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihji
  - Palladius: цицзи (ciczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    契機 / 契机
    汽機 / 汽机
    氣機 / 气机
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kai³ gei¹
  - Yale: kai gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kai³ gei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kei³ géi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯³³ kei̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khè-ki
  - Tâi-lô: khè-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qea'ky
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰe⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yilan): /kʰe²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòe-ki
  - Tâi-lô: khuè-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoea'ky
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: koi³ gi¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khòi ki
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ki³³/

Noun

契機

opportunity; turning point; critical moment; juncture

Synonyms

商機 / 商机 (shāngjī) (business opportunity)
因緣 / 因缘 (yīnyuán)
戰機 / 战机 (zhànjī) (opportunity for victory in battle)
時機 / 时机 (shíjī)
機會 / 机会 (jīhuì)
機遇 / 机遇 (jīyù)
火候 (huǒhòu) (figurative)
空子 (kòngzi) (opportunity to take advantage of)
空隙 (kòngxì)
節裉兒 / 节裉儿 (Xinzhou)
縫縫 / 缝缝 (fong⁴ fong^4-1) (Sichuanese, Wu)
縫縫兒 / 缝缝儿 (fong⁴ fongr^4-1) (Sichuanese)
茬口 (chákǒu) (regional)
遇 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
際遇 / 际遇 (jìyù) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
契	機
けい Grade: S	き Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けーき [kéꜜèkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ke̞ːkʲi]

Noun

契(けい)機(き) • (keiki)

opportunity

Korean

Hanja in this term
契	機

Noun

契機 • (gyegi) (hangeul 계기)

hanja form^? of 계기 (“opportunity”)