理所當然

See also: 理所当然

Chinese

		to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure	actually; place; (nominalization prefix)	of course; surely; natural of course; surely; natural; reasonable; understandable
trad. (理所當然)		理	所	當然
simp. (理所当然)		理	所	当然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐsuǒdāngrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄤ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ so² dong¹ jin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lî-só-tông-yèn / lî-só-tông-yàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lí-só͘-tong-liân / lí-só͘-tong-jiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐsuǒdāngrán [Phonetic: lísuǒdāngrán]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄤ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐsuǒdangrán
    • Wade–Giles: li³-so³-tang¹-jan²
    • Yale: lǐ-swǒ-dāng-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liisuoodangran
    • Palladius: лисоданжань (lisodanžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ so² dong¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: léih só dōng yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ so² dong¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ so² dong¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ sɔː³⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-só-tông-yèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: li´ so` dong´ ienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li<sup>1</sup> so<sup>3</sup> dong<sup>1</sup> yan<sup>2</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /li²⁴ so³¹ toŋ²⁴ i̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-só-tông-yàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: li´ so` dong´ (r)ianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li¹ so³ dong¹ yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /li²⁴ so³¹ toŋ²⁴ (j)i̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-só͘-tong-liân
    • Tâi-lô: lí-sóo-tong-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lysofdonglieen
    • IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-só͘-tong-jiân
    • Tâi-lô: lí-sóo-tong-jiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lysofdongjieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ziɛn²³/

Idiom

理所當然

1. to be only right and proper; to be taken as a matter of course; naturally

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 當其然／当其然, 應該然／应该然

See also

• 當然／当然 (dāngrán)