OPPORTUNITY    機會

SITUATION APPROPRIATE FOR ACHIEVING something.
CHANCELUCKY CHANCEFAVORABLE TIME/OCCASION/MOMENTTIMERIGHT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCESOCCASIONMOMENTOPENINGOPTIONWINDOW (OF OPPORTUNITY)TURNGOPOSSIBILITY
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current word for an opportunity presenting itself is shí 時. 2. Huì 會 refers to a coincidental opportunity.
Modern Chinese Criteria
機會 火候 時機 天時 機遇 緣分 良機 緣 機 會 時 隙 空子 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • COINCIDENCEHAPPEN NOT BEING EXPECTED FOR WHICH ONE HAS NO EXPLANATION.[[NB incidentally: The Epicurean aleatoric view of natural history.]]
  • MOMENTPOINT of TIME OR INTENSELY SHORT TIME.
Hypernym
  • SITUATION　RELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT. (anc: 5/0, child: 11)
  • RELATION　FEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER. (anc: 4/0, child: 15)
  • FEATURE　ABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE. (anc: 3/0, child: 19)
  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    OPPORTUNITY

    occasio refers to the opportunity to undertake something in a general sense.

    opportunitas refers to the opportunity to undertake something with facility and the probability of success.

    potestas denotes the opportunity offered by someone which enables one to do something with legal authority.

    copia refers to the possibility of doing something with conviencience.

    facultas refers quite generally to the possibility for someone to undertake any sort of action.

  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

    OCCASIO

  • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 194

  • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 204

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 55B

    • Words (8 items)

    時  shí OC: ɡljɯ MC: dʑɨ 41 Attributions

    The current word for an opportunity presenting itself is shí 時.

      Word relations
    • Object: 待/WAIT the current general word for waiting

      Syntactic words
    • nabthe right time; right moment, an opportunity 大時; the moment for something; see also 遇時 "encounter opportunities"
    • nabtime for work, especially for agricultural tasks according to the seasonLZ
    • nabfeatureopportuneness; appropriateness of a moment
    由  yóu OC: liw MC: jɨu 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabmetaphysicalopportunity, chance 無由 "have no chance (to VERB)"
    時節  shí jié OC: ɡljɯ tsiiɡ MC: dʑɨ tset 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabopportunity, right timing (in the Chán Buddhist context often referring to an opportunity to gain enlightenment, provided by a master > teaching device)
    時與非時  shí yǔ fēi shí OC: ɡljɯ k-laʔ pɯl ɡljɯ MC: dʑɨ ji̯ɤ pɨi dʑɨ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabconceptopportuneness of moments
    去處  qù chù OC: khas qhljas MC: khi̯ɤ tɕhi̯ɤ 1 Attribution
    • 唐五代語言詞典 Táng Wǔdài yǔyán cídiǎn A Dictionary of the Language of the Tang and Five Dynasties Periods ( JIANG/CAO 1997) p. 312

      Syntactic words
    • NPababstract location > occasion, opportunity
    便  biàn OC: bens MC: biɛn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nabeventopportunity, chance (typically for hostile action)
    會  huì OC: ɡloobs MC: ɦɑi 1 Attribution

    Huì 會 refers to a coincidental opportunity.

      Syntactic words
    • naba coincidental opportunity
    節然  jié rán MC: tset nyen OC: tsiiɡ njen 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe a matter of luck; be a matter of chanceLZ