理當

Chinese

		to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure	to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
trad. (理當)		理	當
simp. (理当)		理	当

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐdāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄉㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ dong¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lí-tong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li² deng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐdāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄉㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐdang
    • Wade–Giles: li³-tang¹
    • Yale: lǐ-dāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liidang
    • Palladius: лидан (lidan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ dong¹
    • Yale: léih dōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ dong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ dong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ tɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-tong
    • Tâi-lô: lí-tong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ly'dofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li² deng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lí tṳng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵²⁻³⁵ tɯŋ³³/

Verb

理當

1. should; ought to

Synonyms

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• 合該／合该 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 在得 (zai⁴ de⁶) (Xiang)
• 好通 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 宜 (yí)
• 徑須／径须 (jìngxū) (literary)
• 應／应 (yīng)
• 應當／应当 (yīngdāng)
• 應該／应该 (yīnggāi)
• 會／会 (literary)
• 會須／会须 (huìxū) (literary)
• 理合 (lǐhé) (literary)
• 理應／理应 (lǐyīng)
• 當／当 (literary)
• 直須／直须 (zhíxū) (literary)
• 相應／相应 (xiāngyīng) (archaic)
• 該／该 (gāi)
• 該當／该当 (gāidāng)