理路

Chinese

		to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure	road; path; way
simp. and trad. (理路)		理	路

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ lou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lí-lō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐlù
    • Wade–Giles: li³-lu⁴
    • Yale: lǐ-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liiluh
    • Palladius: лилу (lilu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ lou⁶
    • Yale: léih louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ lou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: lí-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lylo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɔ³³/

Noun

理路

1. line of thinking
2. (dialectal) reason; sense

Verb

理路

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to express appreciation; to treat with courtesy

Japanese

Kanji in this term
理	路
り Grade: 2	ろ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 理路

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) り​ろ [ríꜜrò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲiɾo̞]

Noun

理(り)路(ろ) • (riro) 

1. reasoning, line of thinking

Derived terms

• 理路整然(りろせいぜん) (riro seizen)