目的

Character by character

• 目mù5 strokesHSK 2eye; look, see; division, topic; Kangxi radical 109
• 的de8 strokesHSK 1possessive, adjectival suffix

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 这是我的目的。

  Zhè shì wǒ de mù dì

  That's my aim.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 目的. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 的deHSK 1

  of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs

• 别的bié deHSK 1

  else; other

• 目前mù qiánHSK 3

  at the present time; currently

• 真的zhēn deHSK 1

  really, truly, indeed

• 目标mù biāoHSK 3

  target; goal; objective

• 项目xiàng mùHSK 4

  item; project; (sports) event

• 节目jié mùHSK 2

  program; item (on a program)

• 有的yǒu deHSK 1

  (there are) some (who are...); some (exist)

• 的确dí quèHSK 4

  really; indeed

• 的话de huàHSK 2

  if (coming after a conditional clause)

• 似的shì deHSK 4

  seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de]

• 目光mù guāngHSK 5

  gaze; (fig.) attention; expression in one's eyes; look; (lit. and fig.) sight; vision

• 数目shù mùHSK 5

  amount; number

• 盲目máng mùHSK 7

  blind; blindly; ignorant; lacking understanding

• 题目tí mùHSK 3

  subject; title; topic

• 目的地mù dì dìHSK 7

  destination (location)

• 心目xīn mùHSK 7

  mind

• 目录mù lùHSK 7

  catalog; table of contents; directory (on computer hard drive); list; contents

• 目睹mù dǔHSK 7

  to witness; to see at first hand; to see with one's own eyes

• 引人注目yǐn rén zhù mùHSK 7

  to attract attention; eye-catching; conspicuous

• 总的来说zǒng de lái shuōHSK 7

  generally speaking; to sum up; in summary; in short

• 瞩目zhǔ mùHSK 7

  to focus attention upon

• 醒目xǐng mùHSK 7

  eye-grabbing (headline); striking (illustration)

• 栏目lán mùHSK 6

  regular column or segment (in a publication or broadcast program); program (TV or radio)