目的性

Chinese

		objective; goal; target objective; goal; target; aim; purpose; intention	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (目的性)		目的	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùdìxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ dik¹ sing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùdìxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùdìsìng
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-ti⁴-hsing⁴
    • Yale: mù-dì-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhdihshinq
    • Palladius: мудисин (mudisin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ dik¹ sing³
    • Yale: muhk dīk sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ dik⁷ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ dig¹ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² tɪk̚⁵ sɪŋ³³/

Noun

目的性

1. sense of purpose; objective; intentionality
2. (evolutionary theory) teleonomy

Derived terms

• 目的性理論 / 目的性理论 (mùdìxìng lǐlùn)