義理

See also: 义理

Chinese

		justice; righteousness; meaning	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (義理)		義	理
simp. (义理)		义	理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ lei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gī-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-li³
    • Yale: yì-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihlii
    • Palladius: или (ili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ lei⁵
    • Yale: yih léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² lei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-lí
    • Tâi-lô: gī-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gixlie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡi²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡi⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡi³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/

Noun

義理

1. point; reasoning; argument (for a speech, essay, text, etc.)
2. philosophical or religious doctrine
3. (literary) meaning and principle

Related terms

• 理致 (lǐzhì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
義	理
ぎ Grade: 5	り Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

義(ぎ)理(り) • (giri) 

1. duty, obligation, burden of obligation. It can be defined as "to serve one's superiors with a self-sacrificing devotion".

See also

• 人情(にんじょう) (ninjō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
義	理

Noun

義理 • (uiri) (hangeul 의리)

1. Hanja form^? of 의리 (“loyalty; fidelity”).