商机

商機

shāngjī

noun #35,269

Measure Word

一个商机 gè

Meanings

1 business opportunity
2 commercial opportunity
3 market opening

Characters

commerce, business

opportunity, opportune moment

Examples

敏锐的商人能从中看到商机。

Mǐnruì de shāngrén néng cóng zhōng kàn dào shāngjī.

A sharp businessman can spot a commercial opportunity in this.

疫情之后涌现出许多新的商机。

Yìqíng zhīhòu yǒng xiàn chū xǔduō xīn de shāngjī.

After the pandemic, many new business opportunities have emerged.

Tips

memory

商 (commerce) + 机 (机会, opportunity, lit. 'mechanism/moment') = business opportunity. The 机 here is the same one in 危机 (wēijī, crisis = danger + opportunity-moment) and 时机 (shíjī, timing). Remember: 抓住商机 (zhuāzhù shāngjī) 'seize a business opportunity'.

Stroke Order

商 shāng

机 jī