正理

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
simp. and trad. (正理)		正	理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhènglǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhènglǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhènglǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-li³
    • Yale: jèng-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqlii
    • Palladius: чжэнли (čžɛnli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ lei⁵
    • Yale: jing léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ lei̯¹³/

Noun

正理

1. sensible or proper principle or reasoning

Related terms

• 道德 (dàodé)
• 道義／道义 (dàoyì)
• 公德 (gōngdé)
• 公理 (gōnglǐ)
• 正義／正义 (zhèngyì)