生机 shēngjī▶ vitalidad

Stroke order

生机 is written in 11 strokes across 2 characters.

• 生 — 5 strokes
• 机 — 6 strokes

Senses

1. opportunity to live; hope of success
2. vigor; vitality

Related words

• 动机motivación
• 危机crisis
• 天生Nacido
• 投机Especulación
• 时机Oportunidad
• 机动Maniobra

生机 is pronounced shēngjī and means “vitalidad”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 生机 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.