目前
mù qiánㄇㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Sino-Vietnamese: MỤC TIỀN
Traditional: 目前
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 3
Meaning(time word)
at the present time; currently
Examples
目前我还在找工作。
mù qián wǒ hái zài zhǎo gōng zuò.
I'm still looking for a job at the moment.
目前的情况还不错。
mù qián de qíng kuàng hái bú cuò.
Things are going fairly well at present.
这是目前最好的办法。
zhè shì mù qián zuì hǎo de bàn fǎ.
This is the best option for now.
Easily confused
- 现在 — 目前 is more formal and refers to the current period; 现在 can mean this very moment.
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Stroke order
MỤC · 5 strokes
TIỀN · 9 strokes
front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
Related words
- 节目 jié mù — program; item (on a program)
- 目的 mù dì — purpose; aim; goal; target; objective
- 目标 mù biāo — target; goal; objective
- 项目 xiàng mù — item; project; (sports) event
- 题目 tí mù — subject; title; topic
- 目录 mù lù — catalog; table of contents; directory (on computer hard drive); list; contents
- 目光 mù guāng — gaze; (fig.) attention; expression in one's eyes; look; (lit. and fig.) sight; vision
- 数目 shù mù — amount; number