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目mùeye
口mouth · kǒu
二two · èr
Memory aidDrawn from an eye, turned upright: eye.
的dìbull’s-eye; target
白white · bái
勺spoon · sháo
Memory aidIt first meant “bright, clear”, with white 白 for the meaning and 勺 (sháo) for the sound. Now it is the most common character in Chinese.
How to write 目的
目 5 strokes · 的 8 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 目的 (mùdì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
目的 (mùdì) means “purpose” or “aim”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it mùdì: mù with a 4th tone, then dì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 目的 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mudi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 目的 from the suggestions. Typing mudi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
目的 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
目mù4th tone, falling
