理 lǐ

1. lǐ noun reason; logic; truth
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 合理 'reasonable' (ABC 'lǐ' 理 bf 2; NCCED '理' 6)
2. lǐ verb to manage
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 管理 (ABC 'lǐ' 理 bf 5; NCCED '理' 2)
3. lǐ verb to pay attention to; to take notice of; to regard others with a certain attitude
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '理' 3)
4. lǐ verb to work jade; to remove jade from ore
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Etymology: 理：治玉也。(Shuo Wen; NCCED '理' 1)
5. lǐ bound form a natural science
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Science
   Notes: As in 物理 'physics' (ABC 'lǐ' 理 bf 3; NCCED '理' 7)
6. lǐ noun law; principle; theory; inner principle or structure
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 道理 (ABC 'lǐ' 理 bf 4)
7. lǐ verb to acknowledge; to respond; to answer
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 理 is synonymous with 答理 in this sense (ABC 'lǐ' 理 v2).
8. lǐ noun a judge
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 理 is synonymous with 法官 in this sense.
9. lǐ noun li; moral principle
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: Confucianism
   Notes: A concept in Neo-Confucian thought (Yao 2000, p. 148)
10. lǐ verb to tidy up; to put in order
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'lǐ' 理 v 1; NCCED '理' 4)
11. lǐ noun grain; texture
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: in wood, as in 纹理 (ABC 'lǐ' 理 bf 1; NCCED '理' 5)
12. lǐ noun reason; logic; truth
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Z variant of 理 (Unihan '理')

Contained in

• 燮理 to harmonize; to adapt; to adjust
• 理应(理應) should; ought to
• 理监事(理監事) member of a board of directors
• 内容管理系统(內容管理系統) content management system (CMS)
• 物理量 a physical quantity
• 解理 cleavage
• 站管理 station management
• 伦理(倫理) ethics ; the order of things
• 伽罗瓦理论(伽羅瓦理論) Galois theory
• 专案经理(專案經理) project manager
• 管理学(管理學) management studies
• 正弦定理 law of sines
• 大理 Dali [kingdom] ; Superintendent of Law Enforcement ; a major principle; a general truth ; Dali [county]
• 程朱理学(程朱理學) School of Zhu Xi
• 认死理儿(認死理兒) obstinate
• 普遍理论(普遍理論) universal hypothesis
• 原理 principle; theory
• 自然地理学(自然地理學) physical geography
• 理据(理據) grounds; justification; logical basis; (linguistic) motivation
• 人理 human logic
• 生理 physiology
• 强词夺理(強詞奪理) to twist words and force logic; sophistry; loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
• 正向心理学(正向心理學) positive psychology
• 同理 for the same reason
• 邮件管理员(郵件管理員) postmaster
• 听力理解(聽力理解) listening comprehension
• 衡情酌理 to weight the matter and deliberate the reason; to weigh and consider; to deliberate
• 入情入理 sensible and reasonable
• 权变理论(權變理論) contingency theory (theory of leadership)
• 理财学(理財學) financial management science
• 装理(裝理) to preserve; to restore; to decorate
• 弦理论(弦理論) string theory
• 几何公理(幾何公理) geometry axiom
• 明达事理(明達事理) reasonable; sensible
• 处理能力(處理能力) processing capability; throughput
• 文化地理学(文化地理學) cultural geography
• 理工科 science and engineering
• 大道理 major principle; general truth; sermon (reproof); bombastic talk
• 不可理喻 to be impervious to reason; unreasonable
• 有条有理地(有條有理地) methodically; systematically
• 助理教授 assistant professor
• 地球物理 geophysics
• 说理(說理) to reason; to argue logically
• 项目管理(項目管理) project management
• 契理 in agreement with the truth

Also contained in

经营管理和维护 、 妙理 、 事理双修 、 拘理迦 、 理观 、 帝国理工学院

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• 卷七十三 志第四十九 職官二 Volume 73 Treatises 49: Official Posts 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 53
• 卷一百六十九 志第一百二十二 職官九 Volume 169 Treatises 122: Offical Posts 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 45
• Scroll 8 Xin Shu 新書 — count: 42
• 卷四十 志第二十: 地理三 Volume 40 Treatises 20: Geography 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 39
• 卷二百八十二 列傳第一百七十 儒林一 Volume 282 Biographies 170: Confucian Scholars 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 30
• 卷八十二　志第三十二: 　選舉二 Volume 82 Treatises 35: Selection of Officials 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 30
• 卷一百三十　　列傳第十七: 徹里 不忽木 完澤 阿魯渾薩理 Volume 130 Biographies 17: Cheli, Buhumu, Wanze, Aluhunsali History of Yuan 元史 — count: 29
• 卷六十三　列傳第五十一:　周惠達 馮景 蘇綽 Volume 63 Biographies 51: Zhou Huida, Feng Jing, Su Chao History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 29
• 卷一百六十三 志第一百十六 職官三 Volume 163 Treatises 116: Offical Posts 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 28
• 《中庸章句》 Commentary on Doctrine of the Mean Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 27

Collocations

• 循理 (循理) 九竅循理 — Guanzi 管子, 心術上第三十六 Chapter 36: Scheming I — count: 8
• 理义 (理義) 故理義之悅我心 — Mencius 孟子, 告子上 Gaozi I — count: 7
• 行理 (行理) 行理之命 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 6
• 不可理 (不可理) 則事不可理也 — Guanzi 管子, 乘馬第五 Chapter 5: A Team of Horses — count: 4
• 领理 (領理) 莫之領理 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二　俶真訓 Chapter 2: Starting with the Truth — count: 3
• 理好 (理好) 理好憎之情 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十三　氾論訓 Chapter 13: Overflowing Discussions — count: 3
• 三理 (三理) 軸有三理 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 2
• 纶理 (綸理) 定綸理 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 2
• 理不上 (理不上) 則理不上通 — Guanzi 管子, 權修第三 Chapter 3: Cultivating Authority — count: 2
• 义行理 (義行理) 以義行理 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三　天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 2