| 機 | 136B10 10B.71-9 | 部居  | 畫數 16 | ㄐㄧ [ji1] . [Abbr.机] | ||
| N. | (1) Short for mechanical contrivances: 機械 [ji1xie4], 機器 [ji1qi4]↓; 蒸汽機 a steam engine; 發電機 a dynamo, power generator; 電機 electrical engineering; 電機工程師 electrical engineer; 照相機 camera; 電視機 a television set; 收音機 a radio receiver; 飛機 an airplane; 機艙 aircraft passenger compartment; 機翼 aircraft wings; 機身 the fuselage of an airplane; 機製 machine-made; 機織 woven by machinery. (2) An opportune moment, suitable occasion: 機會 [ji1hui4], 機遇[ji1yU4]↓; 時機 a timely opportunity: 時機成熟 time is propitious; 投機 speculate, tion; 投機家 speculator; 話不投機半句多 it’s a sheer waste of breath to talk to s.o. with whom one can't see eye to eye; 機緣 [ji1yUan2]↓; 天賜良機 a godsend; 機不可失a golden opportunity not to be missed; 有機可乘 an opportunity to be taken advantage of; 乘機，趁機 make hay while the sun shines; 見機而作 take advantage of an opportunity that comes one's way; 隨機應變 decide according to changing situation, use discretion; 待機而作 wait for an opportune moment to act; 一線生機 a ray of hope; 相機行事 act when the time is opportune. (3) S.t. to be kept secret or difficult to fathom: 機密 [ji1mi4]↓; 事機 a secretly hatched plan of action: 事機不密，事機洩漏 the plot has prematurely leaked out; 天機不可洩漏 keep this to yourself, mum's the word; 神機 dark secrets (lit., “divine will unknown to man”): 神機妙算 ability to divine the unknown; 靈機 inspiration: 靈機一動 seized by a sudden impulse, or inspiration. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) Secret, confidential: 機務 [ji1wu4]2, 機要 [ji1yao4]↓. (2) Cunning, clever, skillful, crafty: 機巧 [ji1qiao3], 機智 [ji1zhi4], 機悟 [ji1wu4]1↓; 心機 crafty, -iness, tricky, -ery; 機警 [ji1jing3]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 機變 [ji1bian4], adj., (1) flexible, adaptable; (2) crafty, tricky. 2. 機場 [ji1chang3], n., airfield, airport. 3. 機車 [ji1che1], n., motorcycle. 4. 機巧 [ji1qiao3], adj., skillful, cunning. 5. 機器 [ji1qi4], n., (1) a machine, machinery, engine; (2) a person who follows orders blindly and mechanically: 機器人 [ji1qi4ren2], an automaton; 機器腳踏車 [ji1qi4jiao3ta4che1], motorcycle. 6. 機動 [ji1dong4], adj., mobile, motorized; 機動性 flexibility, mobility. 7. 機房 [ji1fang2], n., an engine room. 8. 機鋒 [ji1feng1], n., sharp edge or point of argument: 鬥機鋒 to match wits. 9. 機構 [ji1gou4], n., an organization, a government agency, a civic body. 10. 機關 [ji1guan1] (ji-'guan), n., (1) a public or private organization, a government agency; (2) a mechanical contrivance; (3) a ruse, an artifice, a strategem; 機關車 [ji1guan1che1], a railway locomotive; 機關槍 [ji1guan1qiang1], a machine gun. 11. 機會 [ji1hui4], n., an opportunity, favorable circumstances, opening, break: 機會均等 equality of opportunity; 大好機會 a golden opportunity; 機會主義 (者) opportunism(-nist). 12. 機詐 [ji1zha4], adj., tricky, treacherous. 13. 機件 [ji1jian4], n., parts of a machine. 14. 機警 [ji1jing3], adj., astute, sharp, shrewd, alert, vigilant. 15. 機軸 [ji1zhou2], n., vitally important or key positions (lit., “axle”): 據機軸 occupy high government posts. 16. 機杼 [ji1zhu4], n., (1) the shuttle of a loom; (2) thoughts and ideas in writing: 文章須自出機杼 a writer should have his own original ideas. 17. 機智 [ji1zhi4], adj. & n., tactful(ness), wit(ty). 18. 機括 [ji1kuo4], n., a mechanical contrivance, a trigger or catch. 19. 機伶 [ji1ling0], adj., (1) shrewd, clever, smart and quick (also 機靈); (2) astonished, stunned: 嚇得他一機伶 he was amazed, taken aback. 20. 機密 [ji1mi4], n., classified information, important affairs of State. 21. 機敏 [ji1min3], adj., clever, skillful, quick-witted. 22. 機謀 [ji1mou2], n., a plan of action for emergencies. 23. 機能 [ji1neng2], n., functions (of a human organ, etc.) 24. 機鈕 [ji1niu3], n., a trigger, button in machine. 25. 機先 [ji1xian1], v.i., take anticipatory action. 26. 機械 [ji1xie4], n., (1) an engine, a mechanical contrivance; (2) a robot; (3) adj., mechanical-minded; 機械化 [ji1xie4hua4], n., mechanization; 機械工程 [ji1xie4gong1cheng2], n., mechanical engineering. 27. 機心 [ji1xin1], n., a mind given to deception or trickery. 28. 機師 [ji1shi1], n., (1) an engineer; (2) an airplane pilot. 29. 機體 [ji1ti3], n., an organism. 30. 機悟 [ji1wu4]1, adj., discerning, quick-witted. 31. 機務 [ji1wu4]2, n., (1) important matters, classified information; (2) mechanical works. 32. 機要 [ji1yao4], adj. &n., confidential (matter), classified information: 機要秘書 confidential secretary. 33. 機宜 [ji1yi2], n., guidelines, gen. principles of action: 請示機宜 ask for directives from one's superior. 34. 機油 [ji1you2], n., lubricant. 35. 機緣 [ji1yUan2], n., a chance occurrence leading to happy results. 36. 機遇 [ji1yU4], n., a chance happening, an opportunity: 機遇率 [ji1yU4lU4], n., (math.) probability. 37. 機運 [ji1yUn4], n., a spell of good fortune. | |||||