sì jī

Traditional: 伺機

HSK 7–9

伺机 (sì jī) is a Chinese word meaning “to wait for an opportunity; to watch for one's chance”.

Meanings

  1. 1to wait for an opportunity
  2. 2to watch for one's chance
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 伺机

伺cì · used in 伺候[ci4 hou5]机jī · (bound form) machine; mechanism

Related words

机会opportunity飞机airplane手机cell phone; mobile phone机(bound form) machine; mechanism机surname Ji机器machine机场airport; airfield司机chauffeur; driver机器人robot; android机构mechanism动机motive; motivation时机opportunity; opportune moment

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