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伺机

sì jī

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 伺機

伺机 (sì jī) means "to wait for an opportunity; to watch for one's chance". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 伺机 means

1. to wait for an opportunity
2. to watch for one's chance

The characters in 伺机

• 伺cìused in 伺候
• 机jī(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity

Example sentences

• 不远处，母狮谢格拉匍匐着，隐匿于林间，正伺机将婴儿吞食，作为她的晚餐。
  Not far away, screened by the forest, crouched Shiegra, the lioness, intent upon devouring the infant for her evening meal.

Sounds the same

Read sì jī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 俟机variant of 伺机

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read sì jī correctly.
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