趁機

Chinese

		avail oneself of; take advantage of	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (趁機)		趁	機
simp. (趁机)		趁	机

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chènjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˋ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): can³ gei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chènjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˋ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chènji
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên⁴-chi¹
    • Yale: chèn-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chennji
    • Palladius: чэньцзи (čɛnʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: can³ gei¹
    • Yale: chan gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsan³ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cen³ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn³³ kei̯⁵⁵/

Verb

趁機

1. to seize an opportunity; to exploit a situation

   趁機逃走／趁机逃走  ―  chènjī táozǒu  ―  to seize the chance to escape

Synonyms

• 乘勢／乘势 (chéngshì) (formal)
• 乘機／乘机 (chéngjī)
• 乘間／乘间 (chéngjiàn) (literary)
• 乘隙 (chéngxì) (literary)
• 伺機／伺机 (sìjī)
• 趁勢／趁势 (chènshì)
• 順勢／顺势 (shùnshì)