契機

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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:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    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 (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

契(けい)機(き) • (keiki)

opportunity

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