機不可失

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Chinese

		machine; opportunity; secret	not; no	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	to lose; to miss; to fail
trad. (機不可失)		機	不	可	失
simp. (机不可失)		机	不	可	失

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jībùkěshī

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ bat¹ ho² sat¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki-put-khó-sit

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jībùkěshī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jibùkěshih
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹-pu⁴-kʻo³-shih¹
  - Yale: jī-bù-kě-shr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jibukeeshy
  - Palladius: цзибукэши (czibukɛši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei¹ bat¹ ho² sat¹
  - Yale: gēi bāt hó sāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ bat⁷ ho² sat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ bed¹ ho² sed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ sɐt̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-put-khó-sit
  - Tâi-lô: ki-put-khó-sit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ki'putqoysid
  - IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sit̚³²/

Idiom

機不可失

one must not lose a good opportunity

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