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

• 命理 fate; predestination; divinatory art
• 公平合理 fair; equitable
• 条理化(條理化) to make systematic
• 监理(監理) inspection
• 管理人 supervisor; manager; administrator
• 理发厅(理髮廳) barber shop
• 总理执事(總理執事) prime minister deacon
• 护理学(護理學) nursing
• 药理(藥理) pharmacology
• 管理委员会(管理委員會) administrative committee; management committee
• 仁义而理(仁義而理) the principles of benevolence and righteousness
• 数据处理(數據處理) data processing
• 内容管理系统(內容管理系統) content management system (CMS)
• 地理资讯学(地理資訊學) geographic information science
• 勾股定理 Pythagorean theorem
• 神经心理学(神經心理學) neuropsychology
• 现代物理学(現代物理學) modern physics
• 合理利用 fair use
• 伦理学(倫理學) ethics ; Nicomachean Ethics
• 理儿(理兒) reason
• 不动点定理(不動點定理) fixed point theorem (math.)
• 生理性 physiological
• 协理(協理) assistant manager; to cooperate in managing
• 总管理处(總管理處) headquarters; main administrative office
• 答理 to acknowledge; to respond; to answer; to pay attention; to heed; to deal with
• 程式管理员(程式管理員) program manager (Windows)
• 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
• 原理 principle; theory
• 心理疾病 psychological disorder
• 自然语言处理(自然語言處理) natural language processing (NLP)
• 天体物理学家(天體物理學家) astrophysicist
• 管理员(管理員) manager; administrator
• 生理 physiology
• 治国理政(治國理政) to manage state affairs; to govern the country
• 公理法 the axiomatic method
• 影像处理(影像處理) image processing
• 电磁理论(電磁理論) electromagnetism; electromagnetic theory
• 几何公理(幾何公理) geometry axiom
• 神理 heavenly principles
• 地理学家(地理學家) a geographer
• 按理 according to reason; in the ordinary course of events; normally
• 推理 interference
• 自然地理学(自然地理學) physical geography

Also contained in

会理 、 算法理论 、 周总理 、 地理大发现 、 天理 、 数理语言学 、 中国保险监督管理委员会 、 理性与感性

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Truncated for common words

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 理不上 (理不上) 則理不上通 — Guanzi 管子, 權修第三 Chapter 3: Cultivating Authority — count: 2
• 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
• 理名实 (理名實) 理名實 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 2