🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

机会

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jī huì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Chance/tʃæns/
nounverbadjectiveCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #350 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"明天有下雨的好机会。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The occurrence of events in the absence of any obvious intention or cause.

    "Winning the lottery was purely a matter of chance."
  2. 2

    A possibility or likelihood of something happening.

    "There is a good chance of rain tomorrow."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old French 'cheance', meaning 'fall of the dice' or 'luck', which traces back to the Vulgar Latin 'cadentia' (falling), from the Latin verb 'cadere' (to fall). Over time, the meaning evolved from the physical fall of dice determining a random outcome to general probability, luck, and opportunity.

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