Chinese word for "crisis"

Crisis
Crisis
Traditional Chinese	危機
Simplified Chinese	危机
Hanyu Pinyin	wēijī (Mainland); wéijī (Taiwan);
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	wēijī (Mainland); wéijī (Taiwan);
Bopomofo	ㄨㄟㄐㄧ (Mainland); ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧ (Taiwan);
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	ueiji (Mainland); weiji (Taiwan);
Wade–Giles	wei1-chi1 (Mainland); wei2-chi1 (Taiwan);

In Western popular culture, the Chinese word for "crisis" (simplified Chinese: 危机; traditional Chinese: 危機; pinyin: wēijī, wéijī^[1]) is often incorrectly said to comprise two Chinese characters meaning 'danger' (wēi, 危) and 'opportunity' (jī, 机; 機). The second character is a component of the Chinese word for opportunity (jīhuì, 机会; 機會), but has multiple meanings, and in isolation means something more like 'change point' or inflection point. The mistaken etymology became a trope after it was used by John F. Kennedy in his presidential campaign speeches and has been widely repeated in business, education, politics and the press in the United States.

^ 教育部重編國語辭典修訂本 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved November 7, 2019. 字詞【危機】注音ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧ漢語拼音 wéi jī

[1] 教育部重編國語辭典修訂本 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved November 7, 2019. 字詞【危機】注音ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧ漢語拼音 wéi jī

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