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)
simp. #(目前)

Pronunciation


Noun

目前

  1. the present time; the current time; the current moment
    目前任務目前任务  ―  mùqián de rènwù  ―  the task at hand
    目前而言  ―  jiù mùqián éryán  ―  as it stands

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Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(もく)(ぜん) • (mokuzen

  1. right before one's eyes
  2. after a bit of time

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
さき
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 目前 – see the following entry.
目先めさき
[noun] right before one's eyes
[noun] a prospect for the quite near future
[noun] an idea which one is thinking right there, right at the time
(This term, 目前, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

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Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

目前 • (mokjeon) (hangeul 목전)

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