見機

See also: 见机

Chinese

		to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (見機)		見	機
simp. (见机)		见	机

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ gei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiàn-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànji
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-chi¹
    • Yale: jyàn-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannji
    • Palladius: цзяньцзи (czjanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin³ gei¹
    • Yale: gin gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin³ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ kei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn-ki
    • Tâi-lô: kiàn-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiernky
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ ki⁴⁴/

Verb

見機

1. (literary) to spot an opportunity (and act on it)