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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸moq-tiq

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: muk-tit
  - Hakka Romanization System: mug^ˋ did^ˋ
  - 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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸moq-tiq
  - MiniDict: moh^入 tih
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵moq-tiq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moʔ¹¹ tiɪʔ²³/

Noun

目的

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

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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])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mo̞kɯ̟̊te̞kʲi]

Noun

目(もく)的(てき) • (mokuteki)

a purpose; a goal; an objective

Synonyms

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
目	的

Noun

目的 • (mokjeok) (hangeul 목적)

hanja form^? of 목적 (“objective”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
目	的

Noun

目的

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

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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