目前

Chinese

		eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title	front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
trad. (目前)		目	前
simp. ^#(目前)		目	前

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mùqián

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ cin⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): muk-chhièn

(Meixian, Guangdong): mug⁵ qiên²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-chiân / ba̍k-chûiⁿ / ba̍k-chêng / ba̍k-chân / bo̍k-chêng

(Teochew, Peng'im): mag⁸ zoin⁵
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁸moq-zhi₆ / ⁷moq₈-jie₂

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mùqián
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mùcián
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴-chʻien²
  - Yale: mù-chyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhchyan
  - Palladius: муцянь (mucjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: muk⁶ cin⁴
  - Yale: muhk chìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ tsin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ qin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² t͡sʰiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: muk-chhièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: mug^ˋ qien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mug⁵ qian²
  - Sinological IPA: /muk̚² t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: mug⁵ qiên²
  - Sinological IPA: /mʊk̚¹ t͡ɕʰiɛn¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-chiân
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k-tsiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bogcieen
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɛn²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡siɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-chûiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: ba̍k-tsuînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bagzvuii
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bak̚²⁴⁻² t͡suĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-chêng
  - Tâi-lô: ba̍k-tsîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bagzeeng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bak̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-chân
  - Tâi-lô: ba̍k-tsân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bagzaan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡san¹³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-chêng
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k-tsîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bogzeeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mag⁸ zoin⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ma̍k tsôiⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mak̚⁴⁻² t͡sõĩ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸moq-zhi₆
  - MiniDict: moh^入 zhi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵moq-xxi₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moʔ¹¹ ʑi²³/
- (Northern: Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁷moq₈-jie₂
  - MiniDict: moh^入 jie^平
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /moʔ⁵⁵ d͡ʑie⁴⁴/

Noun

目前

the present time; the current time; the current moment
目前的任務／目前的任务 ― mùqián de rènwù ― the task at hand

就目前而言 ― jiù mùqián éryán ― as it stands

Synonyms

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刻下 (kèxià)
當前 / 当前 (dāngqián)
目下 (mùxià) (literary)
眼下 (yǎnxià)
眼前 (yǎnqián)

Derived terms

目前目後 / 目前目后
禍在目前 / 祸在目前 (huò zài mùqián)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
目	前
もく Grade: 1	ぜん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) もくぜん [mòkúzéń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [mo̞kɯ̟zẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

目(もく)前(ぜん) • (mokuzen)

right before one's eyes
after a bit of time

Kanji in this term
目	前
め Grade: 1	さき Grade: 2
kun'yomi

目(め)前(さき) • (mesaki)

right before one's eyes
a prospect for the quite near future
an idea which one is thinking right there, right at the time

Korean

Hanja in this term
目	前

Noun

目前 • (mokjeon) (hangeul 목전)

hanja form^? of 목전 (“presence, proximity, immediate vicinity”)

目前

Chinese

Pronunciation

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Japanese

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Korean

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