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

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• 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: muk-chhièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: mug` qienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mug⁵ qian²
    • Sinological IPA: /muk̚² t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: mug⁵ qiên²
    • Sinological IPA: /mʊk̚¹ t͡sʰiɛn¹¹/
• 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/

Noun

目前

1. 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

• 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)

 

See also

• 當前／当前 (dāngqián)
• 現在／现在 (xiànzài)

Further reading

• “Entry #1916”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

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

Noun

目(もく)前(ぜん) • (mokuzen) 

1. right before one's eyes
2. 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) 

1. right before one's eyes
2. a prospect for the quite near future
3. 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)

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