豈有此理

See also: 岂有此理

Chinese

		how can it be that	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	this; these	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (豈有此理)		豈	有	此	理
simp. (岂有此理)		岂	有	此	理
Literally: “Whence such a rule?”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐyǒucǐlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄘˇ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² jau⁵ ci² lei⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khí-iú-chhú-lí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki² u⁶ ce² li² / ka² u⁶ ce² li²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐyǒucǐlǐ [Phonetic: qíyǒucílǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄘˇ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐyǒucǐhlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-yu³-tzʻŭ³-li³
    • Yale: chǐ-yǒu-tsž-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiyeoutsyylii
    • Palladius: циюцыли (cijucyli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² jau⁵ ci² lei⁵
    • Yale: héi yáuh chí léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² jau⁵ tsi² lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² yeo⁵ qi² léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ jɐu̯¹³ t͡sʰiː³⁵ lei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-iú-chhú-lí
    • Tâi-lô: khí-iú-tshú-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qyiwzhwlie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ li⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki² u⁶ ce² li² / ka² u⁶ ce² li²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khí ŭ tshṳ́ lí / khá ŭ tshṳ́ lí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ u³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ li⁵²/, /kʰa⁵²⁻³⁵ u³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ li⁵²⁻²¹/

Idiom

豈有此理

1. preposterous; outrageous; absurd

   嚇，豈有此理！ [MSC, trad.]
   吓，岂有此理！ [MSC, simp.]

   Hè, qǐyǒucǐlǐ! [Pinyin]

   Tut-tut! Absurd!

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 有冇搞錯／有冇搞错

Derived terms

• 豈有此佢／岂有此佢