修理

Chinese

		to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	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. (修理)		修	理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ lei⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siû-lî
• Min Bei (KCR): siú-lǐ
• Min Nan (POJ): siu-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiūlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shioulii
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sioulǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjoʊ̯⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ lei⁵
    • Yale: sāu léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siû-lî
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiu´ li´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiu¹ li¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕi̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siú-lǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu⁵⁴ li²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-lí
    • Tâi-lô: siu-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siulie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiu³³ li⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/

Verb

修理

1. to repair; to fix; to mend
2. to trim; to prune; to clip
3. (slang) to punish

Synonyms

• (to repair):

edit

• 修 (xiū)
• 修補／修补 (xiūbǔ)
• 拾掇 (shíduo) (colloquial)
• 擺弄／摆弄 (bǎinòng) (colloquial)

• 收拾 (shōushi)
• 整治 (zhěngzhì)
• 補／补 (bǔ)
• 補修／补修 (bǔxiū)

• (to trim): 修剪 (xiūjiǎn)
• (to punish):

edit

Synonyms of 修理

• 懲治／惩治 (chéngzhì)
• 懲罰／惩罚 (chéngfá)
• 懲處／惩处 (chéngchǔ)
• 懲辦／惩办 (chéngbàn)
• 拾掇 (shíduo) (colloquial)
• 收拾 (shōushi) (colloquial)
• 整治 (zhěngzhì)
• 治罪 (zhìzuì)
• 科罰／科罚 (kēfá)

• 處分／处分 (chǔfèn)
• 處治／处治 (chǔzhì)
• 處理／处理 (chǔlǐ)
• 處置／处置 (chǔzhì)
• 處罰／处罚 (chǔfá)
• 責罰／责罚 (zéfá)
• 辦罪／办罪 (bànzuì) (dated)
• 醫治／医治 (yīzhì) (Sichuan)

Derived terms

• 修理工 (xiūlǐgōng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
修	理
しゅう Grade: 5	り Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝːɾʲi]

Noun

修理(しゅうり) • (shūri)  (historical kana しうり)

1. a repair

Verb

修理(しゅうり)する • (shūri suru) suru (stem 修理(しゅうり)し (shūri shi), past 修理(しゅうり)した (shūri shita), historical kana しうりする)

1. mend, fix, repair

Conjugation

Conjugation of "修理する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	修理し	しゅうりし	shūri shi
Continuative (連用形)	修理し	しゅうりし	shūri shi
Terminal (終止形)	修理する	しゅうりする	shūri suru
Attributive (連体形)	修理する	しゅうりする	shūri suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	修理すれ	しゅうりすれ	shūri sure
Imperative (命令形)	修理せよ¹ 修理しろ²	しゅうりせよ¹ しゅうりしろ²	shūri seyo¹ shūri shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	修理される	しゅうりされる	shūri sareru
Causative	修理させる 修理さす	しゅうりさせる しゅうりさす	shūri saseru shūri sasu
Potential	修理できる	しゅうりできる	shūri dekiru
Volitional	修理しよう	しゅうりしよう	shūri shiyō
Negative	修理しない	しゅうりしない	shūri shinai
Negative continuative	修理せず	しゅうりせず	shūri sezu
Formal	修理します	しゅうりします	shūri shimasu
Perfective	修理した	しゅうりした	shūri shita
Conjunctive	修理して	しゅうりして	shūri shite
Hypothetical conditional	修理すれば	しゅうりすれば	shūri sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative