乘機

See also: 乘机

Chinese

		ride; mount; make use of ride; mount; make use of; take advantage of; multiply; to avail of; to ride	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (乘機)		乘	機
simp. (乘机)		乘	机

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ gei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngji
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-chi¹
    • Yale: chéng-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngji
    • Palladius: чэнцзи (čɛnczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ gei¹
    • Yale: sìhng gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ kei̯⁵⁵/

Verb

乘機

1. to seize the opportunity to

   • 必須懂得，沒有肅清的暗藏的反革命分子是不會死心的，他們必定要乘機搗亂。 [MSC, trad.]
     必须懂得，没有肃清的暗藏的反革命分子是不会死心的，他们必定要乘机捣乱。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Bìxū dǒngde, méiyǒu sùqīng de àncáng de fǎngémìng fènzǐ shì bù huì sǐxīn de, tāmen bìdìng yào chéngjī dǎoluàn. [Pinyin]

     It must be understood that the hidden counter-revolutionaries still at large will not take things lying down, but will certainly seize even opportunity to make trouble.

2. to take a plane

Synonyms

• (to seize the opportunity to):

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• 乘勢／乘势 (chéngshì) (formal)
• 乘間／乘间 (chéngjiàn) (literary)
• 乘隙 (chéngxì) (literary)
• 伺機／伺机 (sìjī)
• 趁勢／趁势 (chènshì)
• 趁機／趁机 (chènjī)
• 順勢／顺势 (shùnshì)

 

Derived terms

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