Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
理
lǐ
Description
“理”常常表示道理或原因，也可以指整理、管理东西。
"理" often means reason or cause, and can also refer to organizing or managing things.
很多常用的词里都有这个字，比如“道理”和“理由”。
Many common words contain this character, such as "道理" and "理由".
Meanings
理lǐ
reason; logic; truth
你说的很有道理。
What you said makes a lot of sense.
理lǐ
to manage; to put in order
她在理头发。
She is fixing her hair.
理lǐ
to pay attention to; to acknowledge
我叫他，他不理我。
I called him, but he ignored me.
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Notes
- Etymology
originally 'to work jade along its grain', extended to 'pattern, order, reason'.
- Nuance
理 alone rarely stands as a word; it mostly appears in compounds like 道理.
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