OPPORTUNITY  機會

SITUATION APPROPRIATE FOR ACHIEVING something.
CHANCELUCKY CHANCEFAVORABLE TIME/OCCASION/MOMENTTIMERIGHT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCESOCCASIONMOMENTOPENINGOPTIONWINDOW (OF OPPORTUNITY)TURNGOPOSSIBILITY
Hypernym
  • SITUATIONRELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT.
    • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER.
      • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
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.
      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 ／

      • 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

      時  shí OC: ɡljɯ MC: dʑɨ 39 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)
      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
      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
      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
      節然  jié rán MC: tset nyen OC: tsiiɡ njenLZ 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • VPibe a matter of luck; be a matter of chanceLZ

      Existing SW for

      Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: