# 目的
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mùdì
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄉㄧˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): muk$^6$ dik$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): muuk$^5$ et$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): muh$^6$ 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): mag$^8$ dêg$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$moq-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: mu$^4$-ti$^5$
*** Yale: mù-di
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muh.dih
*** Palladius: муди (mudi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/ → /mu⁵¹ d̥i¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$墓地 目的
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: muk$^6$ dik$^1$
*** Yale: muhk dīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: muk$^9$ dik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mug$^6$ dig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mʊk̚² tɪk̚⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: muuk$^5$ et$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbɵk̚³² et̚⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: muh$^6$ dit
*** Sinological IPA : /muʔ⁵ tit̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: muk-tit
*** Hakka Romanization System: mug$^ˋ$ did$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mug$^5$ did$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /muk̚² tit̚²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mù-dĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /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: mag$^8$ dêg$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ma̍k te̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /mak̚⁴⁻² tek̚⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$moq-tiq
*** MiniDict: moh$^入$ tih
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$moq-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
       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: [mo̞kɯ̟̊te̞kʲi]

### Noun

目(もく)的(てき) • (mokuteki)
* 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)

### 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”).