動機

See also: 动机

Chinese

	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (動機)	動	機
simp. (动机)	动	机
anagram	機動／机动

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dòngjī

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ gei¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thung-kî

(Hailu, HRS): tung^˖ gi^ˋ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dorng⁵ gi¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tǒng-ki / tōng-ki

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dòngjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dòngji
  - Wade–Giles: tung⁴-chi¹
  - Yale: dùng-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqji
  - Palladius: дунцзи (dunczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung⁶ gei¹
  - Yale: duhng gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ gei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ géi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² kei̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thung-kî
  - Hakka Romanization System: tung gi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tung⁴ gi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ⁵⁵ ki²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: tung^˖ gi^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ³³ ki⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dorng⁵ gi¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dō̤ng-gi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒŋ¹¹ ki⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dorng⁵ gi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒŋ²¹ ki⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒng-ki
  - Tâi-lô: tǒng-ki
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²² ki³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-ki
  - Tâi-lô: tōng-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxngky
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ki⁴⁴/

Noun

動機

motive; intention; intent
政治動機／政治动机 ― zhèngzhì dòngjī ― political motives
(music) motive; a short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work.

Derived terms

動機推理 / 动机推理 (dòngjī tuīlǐ)

Related terms

動力／动力 (dònglì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
動	機
どう Grade: 3	き Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どーき [dòókí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [do̞ːkʲi]

Noun

動(どう)機(き) • (dōki)

motive; that which sets one into motion

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
動	機

Noun

動機 • (donggi) (hangeul 동기)

hanja form^? of 동기 (“motive”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
動	機

Noun

動機

chữ Hán form of động cơ (“motive”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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