目的 mùdì▶ objetivo

Stroke order

目的 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

• 目 — 5 strokes
• 的 — 8 strokes

Example sentences

• 这次旅行的目的是放松。Zhè cì lǚxíng de mùdì shì fàngsōng.The objective of this trip is to relax.
• 他做这件事的目的很清楚。Tā zuò zhè jiàn shì de mùdì hěn qīngchu.His objective in doing this is very clear.

Related words

• 似的Probable
• 的确de hecho; asegurarse de
• 目前actualmente
• 目录Catálogo
• 目标objetivo
• 节目programa

目的 is pronounced mùdì and means “objetivo”. You will meet it in HSK 4, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 目的 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.