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

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

Derived terms

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): [mo̞kɯ̟̊ᵝte̞kʲi]

Noun

目(もく)的(てき) • (mokuteki) 

  1. a purpose; a goal; an objective

Synonyms

References
  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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”).
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