動機

See also: 动机

Chinese

		to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (動機)		動	機
simp. (动机)		动	机
anagram		機動／机动

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 動機(どうき) (dōki, “motive”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòngjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ gei¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thung-kî
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tǒng-ki / tōng-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòngjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòngji
    • Wade–Giles: tung⁴-chi¹
    • Yale: dùng-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqji
    • Palladius: дунцзи (dunczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung⁶ gei¹
    • Yale: duhng gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² kei̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thung-kî
    • Hakka Romanization System: tung gi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tung⁴ gi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ⁵⁵ ki²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒng-ki
    • Tâi-lô: tǒng-ki
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²² ki³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-ki
    • Tâi-lô: tōng-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doxngky
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ki⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 動機

1. motive; intention; intent

   政治動機／政治动机  ―  zhèngzhì dòngjī  ―  political motives

2. (music) motive; a short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work.

Related terms

• 動力／动力 (dònglì)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
動	機
どう Grade: 3	き Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

動(どう)機(き) • (dōki) 

1. motive; that which sets one into motion

Descendants

• Chinese: 動機／动机 (dòngjī)
• Korean: 동기 (donggi)
• Vietnamese: động cơ

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Korean

Hanja in this term
動	機

Noun

動機 • (donggi) (hangeul 동기)

1. hanja form^? of 동기 (“motive”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
動	機

Noun

動機

1. chữ Hán form of động cơ (“motive”).