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

• 治理 to manage; to administer ; to govern; to control
• 理性化 rationalization
• 规范理论(規範理論) Standard Model (of particle physics)
• 别理(別理) don't get involved; ignore it!; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc); don't speak to
• 代数基本定理(代數基本定理) fundamental theorem of algebra
• 疆理 to define the border ; border
• 远大理想(遠大理想) lofty ideal
• 变分原理(變分原理) variational principle
• 公说公有理，婆说婆有理(公說公有理，婆說婆有理) both sides claim they're right
• 核燃料后处理(核燃料後處理) nuclear fuel reprocessing
• 物流管理 logistics
• 模块化理论(模塊化理論) modularity theory
• 管理站 management station
• 据情办理(據情辦理) to handle a situation according to the circumstances
• 理微妙 a subtle and wonderful princple
• 归纳推理(歸納推理) inductive reasoning
• 不理会(不理會) to ignore
• 无理数(無理數) irrational number
• 地理志 Dili Zhi
• 命理学(命理學) divination; divinatory art
• 正确处理(正確處理) to handle correctly
• 信号处理(信號處理) signal processing
• 统理(統理) to administer; to lead
• 程式管理员(程式管理員) program manager (Windows)
• 理发厅(理髮廳) barber shop
• 理事长(理事長) director general
• 管理层收购(管理層收購) management buyout (MBO)
• 微积分基本定理(微積分基本定理) fundamental theorem of calculus
• 心理统计学(心理統計學) psychometrics; quantitative psychology
• 合情合理 reasonable and fair
• 大理花 dahlia
• 解理 cleavage
• 协理(協理) assistant manager; to cooperate in managing
• 斐理伯书(斐理伯書) Epistle of St Paul to the Philippians
• 生理盐水(生理鹽水) saline
• 卫理公会(衛理公會) Methodists
• 比较心理学(比較心理學) comparative psychology
• 诺贝尔物理学奖(諾貝爾物理學獎) Nobel Prize in Physics
• 不明事理 not understanding things; devoid of sense
• 违天逆理(違天逆理) violating heaven and reason; immoral character

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华南理工大学 、 理学 、 大理市 、 多任务处理 、 常务理事 、 图形处理器 、 美国心理学会 、 理性与感性 、 中央处理器 、 文学理论 、 网络管理

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• 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
• 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: 42
• 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: 31
• 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
• 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: 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
• 私理 (私理) 則下之倍法而立私理者必多矣 — Guanzi 管子, 法禁第十四 Chapter 14: Prohibition — count: 2
• 纶理 (綸理) 定綸理 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — 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
• 理乱 (理亂) 定危理亂乎 — Mozi 墨子, 卷六 節葬下 Book 6 - Simplicity in Funerals III — count: 2