(mù biāo) - goal, target, objective in Mandarin

mùbiāo

Traditional: 目標

HSK 5

#702 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

goal, target, objective

Word origin

目标 (mùbiāo) 'goal, target' joins 目 'eye' with 标 'mark, sign', literally 'what the eye marks'. 目 is a pictograph of an eye (originally drawn sideways with the pupil); 标 is a tree radical 木 plus phonetic.

Origin: compound
Root: 目 (eye, pictograph) + 标 (mark, sign)

Stroke order

目

标

Examples

。

Our goal is very clear.

。

He achieved this year's target.

。

My goal is to get up earlier.

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His goal is very clear.

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The team reached this year's goal.

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This word is part of lesson 15.