動機

See also: 动机

Chinese

		to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (動機)		動	機
simp. (动机)		动	机
anagram		機動／机动

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 動 (どう)機 (き) (dōki, “motive”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dòngjī

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ gei¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thung-kî
Min Nan (POJ): tǒng-ki / tōng-ki

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dòngjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqji
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung⁶ gei¹
  - Yale: duhng gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ gei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ géi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² kei̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thung-kî
  - Hakka Romanization System: tung gi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tung⁴ gi¹
  - IPA: /tʰuŋ⁵⁵ ki²⁴/
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 (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ki⁴⁴/

Noun

動機

motive; intention; intent

政治動機 / 政治动机 ― zhèngzhì dòngjī ― political motives

Japanese

Kanji in this term
動	機
どう Grade: 3	き Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) どーき [dòókí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
- IPA^(key): [do̞ːkʲi]

Noun

動機 (hiragana どうき, rōmaji dōki)

motive; that which sets one into motion

Descendants

Chinese: 動機／动机
Korean: 동기 (donggi)
Vietnamese: động cơ

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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