機運

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): ㄐㄧ ㄩㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ wan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīyùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄩㄣˋ
    • 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

1. opportunity; chance; lucky chance

Synonyms

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• 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 [kíꜜùǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) きうん [kìúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲiɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

機(き)運(うん) • (kiun) ^{←きうん (kiun)?}

1. [from 1807–1811] 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

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