# 機會
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jīhuì
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ji$^1$ hui$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gei$^1$ wui$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gi$^1$ voi$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ji$^1$ fii
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kî-fi
    (Hailu, HRS): gi$^ˋ$ fui$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gi$^1$ fi$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): gĭ-huôi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ki-hōe / ki-hǒe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gi$^1$ huê$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jīhuì → jīhui (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄏㄨㄟˋ → ㄐㄧ ˙ㄏㄨㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jihue̊i
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^1$-hui$^5$
*** Yale: jī-hwei
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji.huey
*** Palladius: цзихуэй (czixuej)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯²/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ji$^1$ hui$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gixui
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ xuei²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gei$^1$ wui$^6$
*** Yale: gēi wuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gei$^1$ wui$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: géi$^1$ wui$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kei̯⁵⁵ wuːi̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gi$^1$ voi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ki³³ vᵘɔi³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ji$^1$ fii
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁴² fɨi²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî-fi
*** Hakka Romanization System: gi$^ˊ$ fi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gi$^1$ fi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ fi⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gi$^ˋ$ fui$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki⁵³ fui³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gi$^1$ fi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki⁴⁴⁻³⁵ fi⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gĭ-huôi
*** Sinological IPA : /ki⁵⁵⁻⁵³ $^{(h-)}$ui²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-hōe
*** Tâi-lô: ki-huē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ki'hoe
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ hue³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /ki³³ hue⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² hue²²/
** (Hokkien: Longyan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-hǒe
*** Tâi-lô: ki-huě
*** IPA (Longyan): /ki³³⁴ hue⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gi$^1$ huê$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ki huĕ
*** Sinological IPA : /ki³³⁻²³ hue³⁵/

### Noun

機會
* opportunity; chance
    抓緊機會／抓紧机会 ― zhuājǐn jīhuì ― to seize an opportunity
    就業機會／就业机会 ― jiùyè jīhuì ― job opportunity
       Zhèlǐ chōngmǎnzhe jīhuì. [Pinyin]
       This place is full of opportunity.
       Lùntán gěi le dàjiā yīge gèshūjǐjiàn, chàngsuǒyùyán de jīhuì. [Pinyin]
       The forum gave everyone an opportunity to express their opinions and speak freely.

#### 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 (fong$^4$ fong$^{4-1}$) (Sichuanese, Wu)
* 縫縫兒 / 缝缝儿 (fong$^4$ fongr$^{4-1}$) (Sichuanese)
* 茬口 (chákǒu) (regional)
* 遇 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
* 際遇 / 际遇 (jìyù) (literary)

#### Derived terms

* 機會主義 / 机会主义 (jīhuìzhǔyì)
* 機會成本 / 机会成本 (jīhuì chéngběn)
* 機會率 / 机会率 (jīhuìlǜ)
* 臭頭仔嘛會做皇帝，做總統你嘛有機會 / 臭头仔嘛会做皇帝，做总统你嘛有机会

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 機(き)会(かい) (kikai)
* → Korean: 기회(機會) (gihoe)
* → Vietnamese: cơ hội (機會)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 機 | 會 |
| き Grade: 4 | かい Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

機(き)會(かい) • (kikai)
* Kyūjitai form of 機会 (“opportunity”).

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 機 | 會 |

### Noun

機會 • (gihoe) (hangeul 기회)
* hanja form of 기회 (“opportunity”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 機 | 會 |

### Noun

機會
* chữ Hán form of cơ hội (“opportunity”).