道理

Chinese

		direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (道理)		道	理
simp. ^#(道理)		道	理

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): dàolǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): dao⁴ ni³
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): dou⁶ lei⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): au⁵ li⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): tho-lî

(Hailu, HRS): to^˖ li^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): tau⁴ li¹
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dor⁵ li³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tǒ-lí / tō-lí

(Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁶ li² / do⁶ li²
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶dau-li₆ / ⁴dau-li₄

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàolǐ → dàoli (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇ → ㄉㄠˋ ˙ㄌㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàoli̊
  - Wade–Giles: tao⁴-li⁵
  - Yale: dàu-li
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daw.lii
  - Palladius: даоли (daoli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ li¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: dao⁴ ni³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: daoli
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau²¹³ ni⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou⁶ lei⁵
  - Yale: douh léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ lei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ léi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² lei̯¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: au⁵ li⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /au³² li²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tho-lî
  - Hakka Romanization System: to li^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to⁴ li¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰo⁵⁵ li²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: to^˖ li^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰo³³ li⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: tau⁴ li¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰau⁵³ li⁴⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dor⁵ li³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒ²¹ li⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dor⁵ li³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒ²¹ li³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒ-lí
  - Tâi-lô: tǒ-lí
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /to²² li⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-lí
  - Tâi-lô: tō-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doixlie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /to³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /to²²⁻²¹ li⁴²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dao⁶ li² / do⁶ li²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tău lí / tŏ lí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau³⁵⁻¹¹ li⁵²/, /to³⁵⁻¹¹ li⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶dau-li₆
  - MiniDict: dau^去 li^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³dau-li₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɔ²² li⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /dæ²³ li¹¹/
- (Northern: Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁴dau-li₄
  - MiniDict: dau^上 li^上
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /dɔ²² li¹³/

Noun

道理

reason; argument; sense; logic
不講道理／不讲道理 ― bù jiǎng dàolǐ ― to be unreasonable

你說得有道理。／你说得有道理。 ― Nǐ shuō de yǒu dàolǐ. ― You have a point.
- 其實這種道理，到了現在，他們也該早已懂得，…… [MSC, trad.]
  其实这种道理，到了现在，他们也该早已懂得，…… [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1918: Lu Xun, A Madman's Diary (狂人日記)
  qíshí zhè zhǒng dàolǐ, dào le xiànzài, tāmen yě gāi zǎo yǐ dǒngde,...... [Pinyin]
  Actually, they should have long since understood this kind of reasoning...
principle; rule; truth; philosophy
人生道理 ― rénshēng dàolǐ ― philosophies of life

這句話的道理你應該清楚。 [MSC, trad.]
这句话的道理你应该清楚。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè jù huà de dàolǐ nǐ yīnggāi qīngchǔ. [Pinyin]
You should understand the principle contained in this sentence.
- 道理無窮，學者先要不得有自足心。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  道理无穷，学者先要不得有自足心。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Various editors, Collected Conversations of Master Zhu, c. 13^th century CE
  Dàolǐ wúqióng, xuézhě xiān yào bùdé yǒu zìzú xīn. [Pinyin]
  Truth is infinite; a scholar cannot afford to have a complacent attitude.
way; plan
- 明日先把案內人證提來，再作道理。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  明日先把案内人证提来，再作道理。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1907 CE, Liu E, The Travels of Lao Can
  Míngrì xiān bǎ àn nèi rénzhèng tí lái, zài zuò dàolǐ. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

(reason):

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來由 / 来由 (láiyóu)
原因 (yuányīn)
因由 (yīnyóu)
因端 (Hokkien)
因致端 (Hokkien)
基因 (jīyīn) (dated)
張本 / 张本 (zhāngběn) (literary)
成因 (chéngyīn)
所以然 (suǒyǐrán)
根由 (gēnyóu)
理由 (lǐyóu)
緣故 / 缘故 (yuángù)
緣由 / 缘由 (yuányóu)
緣起 / 缘起 (yuánqǐ)
肇因 (zhàoyīn)
言因 (Anxi Hokkien)
說道 / 说道 (shuōdao) (colloquial)
起因 (qǐyīn)
關係 / 关系

(principle):

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公理 (gōnglǐ) (commonly acknowledged principle)
原則 / 原则 (yuánzé)
原理 (yuánlǐ)
定理 (dìnglǐ)

(way):

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主意
作法 (zuòfǎ)
做法 (zuòfǎ)
卯竅 / 卯窍 (mao³ qiao⁴) (Sichuanese)
套套 (tau³ tau^3-2) (Jin, colloquial)
對策 / 对策 (duìcè)
工具 (gōngjù) (figurative)
手段 (shǒuduàn)
措施 (cuòshī)
方式 (fāngshì)
方法 (fāngfǎ)
法子 (colloquial)
法度 (Hokkien)
渠道 (qúdào)
竅門 / 窍门 (qiàomén)
竅門兒 / 窍门儿 (qiàoménr)
管道 (guǎndào) (figurative, especially of communication)
行法 (xíngfǎ) (literary)
訣竅 / 诀窍 (juéqiào)
訣要 / 诀要 (juéyào)
路子 (lùzi)
路徑 / 路径 (lùjìng)
蹊徑 / 蹊径 (xījìng) (literary, figurative)
辦法 / 办法 (bànfǎ)
途徑 / 途径 (tújìng)
進路 / 进路 (jìnlù)
道術 / 道术 (dàoshù) (literary)
道道 (dau³ dau^3-2) (Jin)
門徑 / 门径 (ménjìng)
門路 / 门路 (ménlù)
門道 / 门道 (méndao)
門頭 / 门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative)
頭路 / 头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

Derived terms

大條道理 / 大条道理
大道理 (dàdàolǐ)
擺事實，講道理 / 摆事实，讲道理 (bǎi shìshí, jiǎng dàolǐ)
有道理 (yǒu dàolǐ)
硬道理 (yìngdàolǐ)
自有道理 (zìyǒudàolǐ)
講道理 / 讲道理 (jiǎng dàolǐ)

Related terms

情理 (qínglǐ)
真諦／真谛 (zhēndì)
真理 (zhēnlǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (道理):

→ Japanese: 道理(どうり) (dōri)
→ Korean: 도리(道理) (dori)
→ Vietnamese: đạo lí (道理)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
道	理
どう Grade: 2	り Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どーり [dòóríꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [do̞ːɾʲi]

Noun

道(どう)理(り) • (dōri)

reason, logic, sense, principle
彼(かれ)の意(い)見(けん)は道(どう)理(り)に適(かな)っていない。
Kare no iken wa dōri ni kanatte inai.
His opinion doesn't make sense.

Derived terms

道(どう)理(り)で (dōri de)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
道	理

Noun

道理 • (dori) (hangeul 도리)

hanja form^? of 도리 (“duty; way, method, means”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
道	理

Noun

道理

chữ Hán form of đạo lí (“moral code, principles, standards; moral philosophy”).

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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