契機

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

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• 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:

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• 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

1. 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 [kéꜜèkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːkʲi]

Noun

契(けい)機(き) • (keiki) 

1. opportunity