機不可失

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): ㄐㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ bat¹ ho² sat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki-put-khó-sit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jībùkěshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄅㄨˋ 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

1. one must not lose a good opportunity