說理

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (說理)		說	理
simp. (说理)		说	理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuōlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ lei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soat-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuōlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuolǐ
    • Wade–Giles: shuo¹-li³
    • Yale: shwō-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuolii
    • Palladius: шоли (šoli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ lei⁵
    • Yale: syut léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ lei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-lí
    • Tâi-lô: suat-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soatlie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ li⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suat̚³²⁻⁵ li⁵³/

Verb

說理

1. to argue; to reason things out
2. to listen to reason; to be reasonable (usually used in the negative)

Synonyms

• (to argue):

• 理論／理论 (lǐlùn)
• 評理／评理 (pínglǐ)
• 說明道理／说明道理 (shuōmíng dàolǐ)

 

• (to listen to reason):

• 爭辯是非／争辩是非 (zhēngbiàn shìfēi)
• 論理／论理 (lùnlǐ)
• 講道理／讲道理 (jiǎng dàolǐ)