HSK 3 · Common Objects

机会 jīhuì “opportunity” in Chinese

Traditional 機會

What 机会 means

  1. opportunity
  2. chance
  3. occasion

Measure word 个 gè · 一个机会 yí ge jīhuì

How to say 机会

  • 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会huì4th tone, falling

机会 in a sentence

  1. 你真觉得我们有机会赢吗？

    Nǐ zhēn juéde wǒmen yǒu jīhuì yíng ma?

    Do you really think we have a chance to win?

    Sentence #13914733 from Tatoeba

  2. 我再给你一次机会。

    Wǒ zài gěi nǐ yí cì jīhuì.

    I’ll give you one more chance.

    Sentence #9401417 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他利用这个机会提高英语水平。

    Tā lìyòng zhè ge jīhuì tígāo Yīngyǔ shuǐpíng.

    He made use of the opportunity to improve his English.

    Sentence #2032199 from Tatoeba

How 机会 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 会 (huì) with each of its parts in a different colour
会huìcan; to have the skill; to know how to
  • 人person · rén
  • 云cloud · yún

Memory aidPeople 人 getting together to talk 云 (云 meant “to say” in old Chinese): to meet, and to know how.

How to write 机会

机 6 strokes · 会 6 strokes

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

Words related to 机会

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相机xiàngjī · camera耳机ěrjī · headphones关机guānjī · to turn off (a device)开机kāijī · to switch on (a device)照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera

Words with 会

会huì · can会议huìyì · meeting开会kāihuì · to have a meeting晚会wǎnhuì · evening party一会儿yíhuìr · a while运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet误会wùhuì · to misunderstand约会yuēhuì · appointment聚会jùhuì · party社会shèhuì · society

More words: Everyday Things

根据gēnjù · according to公斤gōngjīn · kilogram公园gōngyuán · public park关系guānxi · relation角jiǎo · horn节日jiérì · holiday刻kè · quarter hour空调kōngtiáo · air conditioning

FAQs

机会 (jīhuì) means “opportunity” or “chance”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it jīhuì: jī with a 1st tone, then huì 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, 机会 is written 機會. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one opportunity is 一个机会 (yí ge jīhuì).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jihui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 机会 from the suggestions. Typing jihui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
机会 is an HSK 3 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.