治理

Chinese

		to rule; to govern; to manage to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); cure; treatment; to heal	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
simp. and trad. (治理)		治	理
anagram		理治

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ lei⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ-lî
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tǐ-lí / tī-lí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): di⁷ li²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-li³
    • Yale: jr̀-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhlii
    • Palladius: чжили (čžili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ lei⁵
    • Yale: jih léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² lei̯¹³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 治理 自理

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-lî
    • Hakka Romanization System: cii li´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴ li¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ li²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǐ-lí
    • Tâi-lô: tǐ-lí
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti²² li⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī-lí
    • Tâi-lô: tī-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dixlie
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ti²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: di⁷ li²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tī lí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti¹¹ li⁵²/

Verb

治理

1. to administer; to govern; to manage

   治理國家／治理国家  ―  zhìlǐ guójiā  ―  to govern a country

   公司治理  ―  gōngsī zhìlǐ  ―  corporate governance

2. to harness; to bring under control; to put in order

Synonyms

• (to administer): 管理 (guǎnlǐ), (literary, or in compounds) 理 (lǐ), (Classical Chinese) 亂／乱 (luàn), 統治／统治 (tǒngzhì)

Derived terms

• 電子治理／电子治理 (diànzǐ zhìlǐ)