機運

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Chinese

		machine; opportunity; secret	to move; to transport; to use to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate
trad. (機運)		機	運
simp. (机运)		机	运

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīyùn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄩㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ wan⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīyùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄩㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiyùn
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹-yün⁴
  - Yale: jī-yùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiyunn
  - Palladius: цзиюнь (czijunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ yn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei¹ wan⁶
  - Yale: gēi wahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ wan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ wen⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ wɐn²²/

Noun

機運

opportunity; chance; lucky 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
機	運
き Grade: 4	うん Grade: 3
kan’on	on’yomi

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 機運 (MC kj+j hjunH, literally “opportunity, chance + fortune, luck”), although possibly a learned borrowing from modern written Chinese 機運／机运 (jīyùn). First cited to the early 1800s.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きうん (Atamadaka – )
(Tokyo) きうん (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

機(き)運(うん) • (kiun) ^{←きうん (kiun)^?}

opportunity, chance, timing, time for something to happen or be done
Synonyms: 機会 (kikai), 時機 (jiki), 折 (ori), きっかけ (kikkake), タイミング (taimingu), チャンス (chansu)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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