Chinese symbol for “goal”
目的
mù dì
purpose; aim; goal; target; objective
The closest CC-CEDICT match for goal is 目的 (mù dì), defined as: purpose; aim; goal; target; objective.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “goal”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 目标 (目標) | mù biāo | target; goal |
| 宗旨 | zōng zhǐ | objective; aim |
| 进球 (進球) | jìn qiú | to score a goal; goal (sport) |
| 志向 | zhì xiàng | ambition; goal |
| 标杆 (標杆) | biāo gān | surveyor's pole; post (used for a landmark) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 目的.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time; currently |
| 项目 (項目) | xiàng mù | item; project; (sports) event |
| 目标 (目標) | mù biāo | target; goal |
| 节目 (節目) | jié mù | (TV or radio) program; show; item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) |
| 目录 (目錄) | mù lù | catalog; table of contents |
| 真的 | zhēn de | really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine |
| 的话 (的話) | de huà | if (coming after a conditional clause) |
| 的确 (的確) | dí què | really; indeed |
See also: Japanese symbol for “goal”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.