時機

See also: 时机

Chinese

		o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (時機)		時	機
simp. (时机)		时	机
anagram		機時／机时

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shíjī

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴ gei¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀-kî
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sî-ki

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shíjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhji
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-chi¹
  - Yale: shŕ-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrji
  - Palladius: шицзи (šiczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    [Show/Hide]
    ^edit
    ^edit
    實機 / 实机
    時機 / 时机
    石雞 / 石鸡
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁴ gei¹
  - Yale: sìh gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ gei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁴ géi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ kei̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀-kî
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˇ gi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si² gi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ¹¹ ki²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-ki
  - Tâi-lô: sî-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: si'ky
  - IPA (Xiamen): /si²⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /si²⁴⁻²² ki³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si¹³⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /si²⁴⁻¹¹ ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²³⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/

Noun

時機

time; timing; opportunity
時機成熟／时机成熟 ― shíjī chéngshú ― the timing is right

好時機／好时机 ― hǎo shíjī ― good time

大好時機／大好时机 ― dàhǎo shíjī ― great time

捕捉有利時機／捕捉有利时机 ― bǔzhuō yǒulì shíjī ― to seize a favorable opportunity

Synonyms

商機 / 商机 (shāngjī) (business opportunity)
因緣 / 因缘 (yīnyuán)
契機 / 契机 (qìjī)
戰機 / 战机 (zhànjī) (opportunity for victory in battle)
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)

Derived terms

不失時機 / 不失时机 (bùshīshíjī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
時	機
じ Grade: 2	き Grade: 4
goon	kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じき [jíꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑikʲi]

Noun

時(じ)機(き) • (jiki)

opportunity, chance

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
時	機

Noun

時機 • (sigi) (hangeul 시기)

hanja form^? of 시기 (“time, opportunity, chance”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
時	機

Noun

時機

chữ Hán form of thời cơ (“opportunity, chance”)