目的

Chinese

		eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; 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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): muk⁶ dik¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): muuk⁵ et²

• Gan (Wiktionary): muh⁶ dit
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): muk-tit
• Northern Min (KCR): mù-dĭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-tek / bo̍k-tiak / bo̍k-tit / bo̍k-te̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mag⁸ dêg⁸

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸moq-tiq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùdì → mùdi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄉㄧˋ → ㄇㄨˋ ˙ㄉㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùdi̊
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-ti⁵
    • Yale: mù-di
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muh.dih
    • Palladius: муди (mudi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/ → /mu⁵¹ d̥i¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ dik¹
    • Yale: muhk dīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ dik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ dig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² tɪk̚⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: muuk⁵ et²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbɵk̚³² et̚⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: muh⁶ dit
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muʔ⁵ tit̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: muk-tit
    • Hakka Romanization System: mug` did`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mug⁵ did⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /muk̚² tit̚²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mù-dĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁴² ti²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-tek
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-tik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogdeg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² tiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-tiak
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-tiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogdiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² tiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-tit
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-tit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogdid
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² tit̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-te̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-ti̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogdek
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² tiɪk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mag⁸ dêg⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ma̍k te̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mak̚⁴⁻² tek̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸moq-tiq
    • MiniDict: moh^入 tih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵moq-tiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moʔ¹¹ tiɪʔ²³/

Noun

目的

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

   達到目的／达到目的  ―  dádào mùdì  ―  to achieve a goal

   真實目的／真实目的  ―  zhēnshí mùdì  ―  real purpose

   違背目的／违背目的  ―  wéibèi mùdì  ―  to defeat the purpose

   背後的目的／背后的目的  ―  bèihòu de mùdì  ―  purpose behind something

   不以結婚為目的的戀愛都是耍流氓。 [MSC, trad.]
   不以结婚为目的的恋爱都是耍流氓。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bù yǐ jiéhūn wéi mùdì de liàn'ài dōu shì shuǎliúmáng. [Pinyin]

   All love relationships lacking the intention of progressing to marriage are acts of hooliganism. (common saying)

Synonyms

• 指標／指标 (zhǐbiāo)
• 標的／标的 (biāodì)
• 目標／目标 (mùbiāo)

 

Derived terms

• 只要目的正當，可以不擇手段／只要目的正当，可以不择手段 (zhǐyào mùdì zhèngdàng, kěyǐ bùzéshǒuduàn)
• 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)

 

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

目(もく)的(てき) • (mokuteki) 

1. a purpose; a goal; an objective

Synonyms

• 目標(もくひょう) (mokuhyō)
• ゴール (gōru)
• 目当(めあ)て (meate)
• 目差(めざ)し (mezashi)

Korean

Hanja in this term
目	的

Noun

目的 • (mokjeok) (hangeul 목적)

1. Hanja form^? of 목적 (“objective”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
目	的

Noun

目的

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