# 目前
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mùqián
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): muk$^6$ cin$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): muk-chhièn
    (Meixian, Guangdong): mug$^5$ qiên$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-chiân / ba̍k-chûiⁿ / ba̍k-chêng / ba̍k-chân / bo̍k-chêng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mag$^8$ zoin$^5$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^8$moq-zhi$_6$ / $^7$moq$_8$-jie$_2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mùqián
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mùcián
*** Wade–Giles: mu$^4$-chʻien$^2$
*** Yale: mù-chyán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhchyan
*** Palladius: муцянь (mucjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: muk$^6$ cin$^4$
*** Yale: muhk chìhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: muk$^9$ tsin$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mug$^6$ qin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mʊk̚² t͡sʰiːn²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: muk-chhièn
*** Hakka Romanization System: mug$^ˋ$ qien$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mug$^5$ qian$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /muk̚² t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: mug$^5$ qiên$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /mʊk̚¹ t͡sʰiɛn¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-chiân
*** Tâi-lô: bo̍k-tsiân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bogcieen
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɛn²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siɛn¹³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡siɛn²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-chûiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: ba̍k-tsuînn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bagzvuii
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bak̚²⁴⁻² t͡suĩ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-chêng
*** Tâi-lô: ba̍k-tsîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bagzeeng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bak̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-chân
*** Tâi-lô: ba̍k-tsân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bagzaan
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡san¹³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-chêng
*** Tâi-lô: bo̍k-tsîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bogzeeng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɪŋ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mag$^8$ zoin$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ma̍k tsôiⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /mak̚⁴⁻² t͡sõĩ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$moq-zhi$_6$
*** MiniDict: moh$^入$ zhi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$moq-xxi$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moʔ¹¹ ʑi²³/
** (Northern: Jiaxing)
*** Wugniu: $^7$moq$_8$-jie$_2$
*** MiniDict: moh$^入$ jie$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /moʔ⁵⁵ d͡ʑie⁴⁴/

### Noun

目前
* the present time; the current time; the current moment
    目前的任務／目前的任务 ― mùqián de rènwù ― the task at hand
    就目前而言 ― jiù mùqián éryán ― as it stands

#### Synonyms

* 刻下 (kèxià)
* 當前／当前 (dāngqián)
* 目下 (mùxià) (literary)
* 眼下 (yǎnxià)
* 眼前 (yǎnqián)

#### Derived terms

* 目前目後／目前目后
* 禍在目前／祸在目前 (huò zài mùqián)

#### See also

* 當前／当前 (dāngqián)
* 現在／现在 (xiànzài)

### Further reading

* “Entry #1916”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 目 | 前 |
| もく Grade: 1 | ぜん Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

目(もく)前(ぜん) • (mokuzen)
* right before one's eyes
* after a bit of time
Kanji in this term :
| 目 | 前 |
| め Grade: 1 | さき Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||
目(め)前(さき) • (mesaki)
* right before one's eyes
* a prospect for the quite near future
* an idea which one is thinking right there, right at the time

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 目 | 前 |

### Noun

目前 • (mokjeon) (hangeul 목전)
* hanja form of 목전 (“presence, proximity, immediate vicinity”)