講理

See also: 讲理

Chinese

		to talk; speech; to speak to talk; speech; to speak; to tell; to explain	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (講理)		講	理
simp. (讲理)		讲	理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎnglǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong² lei⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kóng-lî
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káng-lí / kóng-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnglǐ [Phonetic: jiánglǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnglǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chiang³-li³
    • Yale: jyǎng-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanglii
    • Palladius: цзянли (czjanli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong² lei⁵
    • Yale: góng léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong² lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong² léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³⁵ lei̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kóng-lî
    • Hakka Romanization System: gong^ˋ li^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gong³ li¹
    • Sinological IPA: /koŋ³¹ li²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káng-lí
    • Tâi-lô: káng-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafnglie
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ li⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóng-lí
    • Tâi-lô: kóng-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofnglie
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/

Verb

講理

1. to reason with somebody; to argue; to talk sense with someone
2. to discuss the merits of an argument

Derived terms

• 蠻不講理 / 蛮不讲理 (mánbùjiǎnglǐ)