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机遇 jīyù “opportunity” in Chinese

Traditional 機遇

What 机遇 means

  1. opportunity
  2. chance
  3. favourable turn of events
  4. stroke of luck

How to say 机遇

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale机jī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale遇yù4th tone, falling

机遇 in a sentence

  1. 这是一个难得的机遇。

    Zhè shì yí ge nándé de jīyù.

    This is a rare opportunity.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 机遇总是留给有准备的人。

    Jīyù zǒngshì liúgěi yǒu zhǔnbèi de rén.

    Opportunity favours the prepared.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 机遇 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 机 (jī) with each of its parts in a different colour
机jīmachine; mechanism
  • 木tree · mù
  • 几table · jī

Memory aidA small table 几 made of wood 木: a machine. 几 (jī) also gives the sound.

The character 遇 (yù) with each of its parts in a different colour
遇yùto encounter; to happen upon
  • 禺district · yúSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 禺 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with yù.

How to write 机遇

机 6 strokes · 遇 12 strokes

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机遇 (jīyù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 机遇 (jīyù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 机遇

Words with 机

飞机fēijī · aeroplane机场jīchǎng · airport手机shǒujī · mobile phone机票jīpiào · air ticket司机sījī · driver机会jīhuì · opportunity相机xiàngjī · camera耳机ěrjī · headphones关机guānjī · to turn off (a device)开机kāijī · to switch on (a device)

Words with 遇

遇到yùdào · to meet遇见yùjiàn · to meet (by chance)待遇dàiyù · treatment遭遇zāoyù · to encounter

More words: Ideas & Concepts

进展jìnzhǎn · progress技巧jìqiǎo · skill极限jíxiàn · limit迹象jìxiàng · sign局部júbù · part举动jǔdòng · act觉悟juéwù · awareness觉醒juéxǐng · to awaken

FAQs

机遇 (jīyù) means “opportunity” or “chance”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jīyù: jī with a 1st tone, then yù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 机遇 is written 機遇. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiyu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 机遇 from the suggestions. Typing jiyu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
机遇 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.