目前

Character by character

• 目mù5 strokesHSK 2eye; look, see; division, topic; Kangxi radical 109
• 前qián9 strokesHSK 1in front, forward; preceding

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

Example sentences

• 你目前做了很好。

  Nǐ mù qián zuò le hěn hǎo

  You've done good work so far.

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• 目前我问题很多。

  Mù qián wǒ wèn tí hěn duō

  I have a lot of problems at the moment.

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Words with the same characters

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

• 前qiánHSK 1

  front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly

• 之前zhī qiánHSK 4

  before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand

• 以前yǐ qiánHSK 2

  before; formerly; previous; ago

• 目标mù biāoHSK 3

  target; goal; objective

• 项目xiàng mùHSK 4

  item; project; (sports) event

• 面前miàn qiánHSK 2

  in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)

• 节目jié mùHSK 2

  program; item (on a program)

• 目的mù dìHSK 2

  purpose; aim; goal; target; objective

• 前面qián miànHSK 3

  ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian]

• 提前tí qiánHSK 3

  to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance

• 前往qián wǎngHSK 3

  to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to

• 眼前yǎn qiánHSK 3

  before one's eyes; now; at present

• 前进qián jìnHSK 3

  to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward

• 向前xiàng qiánHSK 5

  forward; onward

• 目光mù guāngHSK 5

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

• 前来qián láiHSK 6

  to come (formal); before; previously

• 前提qián tíHSK 5

  premise; precondition; prerequisite

• 前途qián túHSK 4

  prospects; future outlook; journey

• 当前dāng qiánHSK 5

  the present time; to be faced with

• 从前cóng qiánHSK 3

  previously; formerly; once upon a time

• 前后qián hòuHSK 3

  around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear

• 前方qián fāngHSK 6

  ahead; the front

• 数目shù mùHSK 5

  amount; number

• 前景qián jǐngHSK 5

  foreground; vista; (future) prospects; perspective