# 动机 (dòngjī)

In Mandarin Chinese, 动机 (dòngjī) means “motive; motivation”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: motive; motivation
- Pinyin: dòngjī (dong4 ji1)
- Traditional: 動機
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 我不知道他这么做的动机。
  Wǒ bù zhīdào tā zhème zuò de dòngjī.
  I don't know his motive for doing this.

## Characters

- [动](https://hanziro.com/word/dong-move/) (dòng): to move; to touch
- 机 (jī): machine; mechanism; aircraft

https://hanziro.com/word/dong-ji-motive/

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