伺機

See also: 伺机

Chinese

		to watch; to wait; to examine to watch; to wait; to examine; to spy; wait on	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (伺機)		伺	機
simp. (伺机)		伺	机

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ gei¹ / si⁶ gei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sì-ki / sìr-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhji
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-chi¹
    • Yale: sz̀-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhji
    • Palladius: сыцзи (syczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ gei¹ / si⁶ gei¹
    • Yale: jih gēi / sih gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ gei¹ / si⁶ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ géi¹ / xi⁶ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² kei̯⁵⁵/, /siː²² kei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-ki
    • Tâi-lô: sì-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie'ky
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr-ki
    • Tâi-lô: sìr-ki
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki³³/

Verb

伺機

1. to watch for one's chance

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 乘勢／乘势 (chéngshì) (formal)
• 乘機／乘机 (chéngjī)
• 乘間／乘间 (chéngjiàn) (literary)
• 乘隙 (chéngxì) (literary)
• 趁勢／趁势 (chènshì)
• 趁機／趁机 (chènjī)
• 順勢／顺势 (shùnshì)