機會
Chinese
| machine; opportunity; secret | to meet; to gather; group to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (機會) | 機 | 會 | |
| simp. (机会) | 机 | 会 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): ji1 fii
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): gĭ-huôi
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jīhuì → jīhui (toneless final syllable variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄏㄨㄟˋ → ㄐㄧ ˙ㄏㄨㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: jihue̊i
- Wade–Giles: chi1-hui5
- Yale: jī-hwei
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji.huey
- Palladius: цзихуэй (czixuej)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯²/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: ji1 hui4
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gixui
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ xuei²¹³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gei1 wui6
- Yale: gēi wuih
- Cantonese Pinyin: gei1 wui6
- Guangdong Romanization: géi1 wui6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kei̯⁵⁵ wuːi̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: gi1 voi5
- Sinological IPA (key): /ki³³ vᵘɔi³²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî-fi
- Hakka Romanization System: giˊ fi
- Hagfa Pinyim: gi1 fi4
- Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ fi⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: giˋ fui˖
- Sinological IPA: /ki⁵³ fui³³/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: gi1 fi4
- Sinological IPA: /ki⁴⁴⁻³⁵ fi⁵³/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-hōe
- Tâi-lô: ki-huē
- Phofsit Daibuun: ki'hoe
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ hue³³/
- IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /ki³³ hue⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² hue²²/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-hǒe
- Tâi-lô: ki-huě
- IPA (Longyan): /ki³³⁴ hue⁵³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: gi1 huê6
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ki huĕ
- Sinological IPA (key): /ki³³⁻²³ hue³⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen, Philippines)
Noun
機會
- opportunity; chance
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)
- 時機 / 时机 (shíjī)
- 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 fong4-1) (Sichuanese, Wu)
- 縫縫兒 / 缝缝儿 (fong4 fongr4-1) (Sichuanese)
- 茬口 (chákǒu) (regional)
- 遇 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
- 際遇 / 际遇 (jìyù) (literary)
Derived terms
- 機會主義 / 机会主义 (jīhuìzhǔyì)
- 機會成本 / 机会成本 (jīhuì chéngběn)
- 機會率 / 机会率 (jīhuìlǜ)
- 臭頭仔嘛會做皇帝,做總統你嘛有機會 / 臭头仔嘛会做皇帝,做总统你嘛有机会
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 機 | 會 |
| き Grade: 4 |
かい Hyōgai |
| on'yomi | |
Noun
- Kyūjitai form of 機会 (“opportunity”).
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 機 | 會 |
Noun
機會 • (gihoe) (hangeul 기회)
- hanja form? of 기회 (“opportunity”)
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 機 | 會 |
Noun
機會
- chữ Hán form of cơ hội (“opportunity”)