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Aim in Chinese

aim · HSK 4

目的 mù dì

  1. 目 mù eye
  2. 的 de marks possession or description: 's

Counted with 个: 一个目的 yí gè mùdì

你来这里的目的是什么？ What is your purpose in coming here?

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How do you say aim in Chinese?

Aim in Chinese is 目的 (mù dì).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

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The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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