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 科学
   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 儒家
   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

• 置之不理 to pay no heed to
• 理智 reason / intellect / rationality
• 地理学(地理學) geography
• 管理员(管理員) manager / administrator
• 物理 physics ; the basic qualities of things
• 管理 to supervise / to manage / to administer ; management / administration
• 处理(處理) to handle / to treat / to deal with / to process
• 地理 geography ; geography ; a place
• 理论(理論) theory
• 副总理(副總理) vice-premier
• 审理(審理) to hear (a case) / to try (a case)
• 经理(經理) manager / director ; to manage ; to handle logistics ; classic doctrine ; common sense
• 理念 idea / concept / philosophy / theory
• 处理器(處理器) microprocessor
• 理财(理財) personal finance / financial management
• 治理 to manage / to administer ; to govern / to control
• 国有资产监督管理委员会(國有資產監督管理委員會) State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration
• 代理 agent / a surrogate ; to act for
• 合理 rational / reasonable / fair
• 清理 to put in order / to check up ; to pacify ; to be clear
• 理由 reason / grounds / justification
• 原理 principle / theory
• 总理(總理) premier / prime minister
• 总经理(總經理) general manager
• 料理 cuisine ; to arrange / to handle ; to take care of ; o persecute / to torture
• 助理 assistant ; to assist
• 条理(條理) to arrange / to order / to tidy up
• 调理(調理) to nurse one's health / to recuperate / to take care of ; to nurse one's health / to recuperate / to take care of ; to teach / to train ; to mediate / to reconcile ; to cook
• 理想 an ideal ; satisfying / fulfilling
• 理解 to comprehend / to understand ; understanding / comprehension
• 道理 a principle ; reason / grounds / justification ; a plan for handling something ; a moral principle
• 办理(辦理) to handle / to transact / to conduct
• 心理 mental / psychological ; mind and reason
• 情理 reason / sense
• 整理土地 to organize land administration
• 理发(理髮) to get a haircut / to style hair
• 修理 to repair / to maintain / to overhaul / to fix
• 真理 truth
• 整理 to tidy up ; to adjust
• 生理 physiology
• 大理石 marble

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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: 46
• 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: 32
• 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
• 卷三十八 志第十八: 地理一 Volume 38 Treatises 18: Geography 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 28
• 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: 27
• 《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
• 卷七十五 列傳第四十五 王湛 荀崧 范汪 劉惔 張憑 韓伯 Volume 75 Biographies 45: Wang Zhan; Xun Song; Fan Wang; Liu Tan Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 25

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: 5
• 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
• 理天下 (理天下) 疆理天下 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧信南山 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Xin Nan Shan — count: 3
• 疆理 (疆理) 疆理天下 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧信南山 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Xin Nan Shan — count: 3
• 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
• 不能理 (不能理) 其五穀豐滿而不能理也 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重乙第八十一 Chapter 81: Weight II — count: 2
• 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