機緣

See also: 机缘

Chinese

		machine; opportunity; secret	along; predestined affinity; reason along; predestined affinity; reason; edge
trad. (機緣)		機	緣
simp. (机缘)		机	缘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ jyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki-iân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiyuán
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-yüan²
    • Yale: jī-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiyuan
    • Palladius: цзиюань (czijuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei¹ jyun⁴
    • Yale: gēi yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-iân
    • Tâi-lô: ki-iân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'ieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 機緣

1. good luck; lucky chance
2. (Buddhism) predestined situation

Synonyms

• (good luck):

(deprecated template usage)

• 好字運／好字运 (Hokkien)
• 好彩 (Hakka, obsolete or Cantonese)
• 好運／好运 (hǎoyùn)
• 幸運／幸运 (xìngyùn)
• 福 (literary, or in compounds)
• 福分 (fúfèn)
• 福氣／福气
• 福澤／福泽 (fúzé)
• 福祉 (fúzhǐ) (literary)
• 福祚 (fúzuò) (literary)
• 福運／福运 (Hokkien)
• 造化 (zàohua)