目的

目的

Chinese

		eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; order (taxonomy); goal; name; title	really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of
simp. and trad. (目的)		目	的

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 目的 (もくてき) (mokuteki).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ dik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): muk-tit
• Min Bei (KCR): mù-dĭ
• Min Nan (POJ): bo̍k-tiak / bo̍k-te̍k / bo̍k-tek / bo̍k-tit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: mùdì → mùdi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄉㄧˋ → ㄇㄨˋ ˙ㄉㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muh.dih
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùdi̊
    • IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/ → /mu⁵¹ d̥i¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ dik¹
    • Yale: muhk dīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ dik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ dig¹
    • IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² tɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: muk-tit
    • Hakka Romanization System: mug` did`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mug⁵ did⁵
    • IPA: /muk̚² tit̚²/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mù-dĭ
    • IPA ^(key): /mu⁴² ti²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-tiak
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-tiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogdiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻²² tiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-te̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-ti̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogdek
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² tiɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-tek
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-tik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogdeg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² tiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-tit
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-tit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogdid
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻²² tit̚⁵/

Noun

目的

1. objective; goal; target; aim; purpose (Classifier: 個／个 m)

Synonyms

• 目標／目标 (mùbiāo)

Derived terms

目的地 (mùdìdì) 目的性 (mùdìxìng) 目的物 (mùdìwù)

目的語／目的语 (mùdìyǔ) 目的論／目的论 (mùdìlùn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
目	的
もく Grade: 1	てき Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) もくてき [mòkútékí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [mo̞kɯ̟̊ᵝte̞kʲi]

Noun

目的 (hiragana もくてき, rōmaji mokuteki)

1. a purpose; a goal

Synonyms

• 目標 (もくひょう) (mokuhyō)
• ゴール (gōru)
• 目 (め)当 (あ)て (meate)
• 目 (め)差 (ざ)し (mezashi)

Descendants

• Chinese: 目的 (mùdì)
• Korean: 목적 (mokjeok)
• Vietnamese: mục đích

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Korean

Hanja in this term
目	的

Noun

目的 • (mokjeok) (hangeul 목적)

1. Hanja form^? of 목적 (“objective”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
目	的

Noun

目的

1. Hán tự form of mục đích (“objective”).