順理成章

See also: 顺理成章

Chinese

		to be logical; to be rational	to turn out an article; to write well
trad. (順理成章)		順理	成章
simp. (顺理成章)		顺理	成章

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùnlǐchéngzhāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon⁶ lei⁵ sing⁴ zoeng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sūn-lí-sêng-chiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùnlǐchéngzhāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùnlǐchéngjhang
    • Wade–Giles: shun⁴-li³-chʻêng²-chang¹
    • Yale: shwùn-lǐ-chéng-jāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuennliicherngjang
    • Palladius: шуньличэнчжан (šunʹličɛnčžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon⁶ lei⁵ sing⁴ zoeng¹
    • Yale: seuhn léih sìhng jēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁶ lei⁵ sing⁴ dzoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên⁶ léi⁵ xing⁴ zêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn²² lei̯¹³ sɪŋ²¹ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn-lí-sêng-chiong
    • Tâi-lô: sūn-lí-sîng-tsiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxnlysengciofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sun²²⁻²¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun²²⁻²¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

順理成章

1. to be clearly structured (of a written text)
2. to follow as a matter of course; to be logical or rational (of an outcome)