生機

See also: 生机

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (生機)		生	機
simp. (生机)		生	机

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ gei¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sên-kî
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): seng-ki / sng-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengji
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chi¹
    • Yale: shēng-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengji
    • Palladius: шэнцзи (šɛnczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ gei¹
    • Yale: sāng gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-kî
    • Hakka Romanization System: sen´ gi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ gi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴⁻¹¹ ki²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-ki
    • Tâi-lô: sing-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengky
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-ki
    • Tâi-lô: sng-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sngky
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ ki³³/

Noun

生機

1. vitality
2. chance to survive

Synonyms

• (vitality):

• 朝氣／朝气 (zhāoqì)
• 活力 (huólì)
• 活氣／活气 (huóqì)
• 生命力 (shēngmìnglì)
• 生意 (shēngyì) (literary)
• 生氣／生气 (shēngqì)

 

Derived terms

• 一線生機／一线生机
• 了無生機／了无生机
• 生機勃勃／生机勃勃 (shēngjībóbó)