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動機
動機
See also: 动机
Chinese
to use; to act; to move; to change
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machine; opportunity; secret | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (動機) | 動 | 機 | |
| simp. (动机) | 动 | 机 | |
| anagram | 機動／机动 | ||
Noun
動機
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 動 | 機 |
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どう Grade: 3 |
き Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
動機 (hiragana どうき, romaji dōki)
- motive; that which sets one into motion
Descendants
References
- ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
- ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0
Etymology
Wasei kango (和製漢語), from Japanese 動機 (dōki, “motive”)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): dung6 gei1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thung-kî
- Min Nan (POJ): tǒng-ki / tōng-ki
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqji
- IPA (key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: dung6 gei1
- Yale: duhng gēi
- Cantonese Pinyin: dung6 gei1
- IPA (key): /tʊŋ²² kei̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thung-kî
- Hakka Romanization System: tung gi´
- Hagfa Pinyim: tung4 gi1
- IPA: /tʰuŋ⁵⁵ ki²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒng-ki
- Tâi-lô: tǒng-ki
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²² ki³³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-ki
- Tâi-lô: tōng-ki
- Phofsit Daibuun: doxngky
- IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ki⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)