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时机

shí jī

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 時機

What 时机 means

1. opportunity; opportune moment

The characters in 时机

• 时shío'clock; time; when
• 机jī(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity

Example sentences

• 好时机。
  Nice timing.
• 我们在等对的时机。
  Wǒmen zài děng duì de shíjī.
  We're waiting for the right time.

Words containing 时机

• 不失时机bù shī shí jīto seize the opportune moment; to lose no time

Sounds the same

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

• 石鸡(bird species of China) chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar)