哲理

Chinese

		philosophy; wise	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. (哲理)		哲	理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhélǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˊ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ lei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiat-lí / thiat-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhélǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhélǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chê²-li³
    • Yale: jé-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jerlii
    • Palladius: чжэли (čžɛli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi³ lei⁵
    • Yale: ji léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ lei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiat-lí
    • Tâi-lô: tiat-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diatlie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ li⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /tiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ li⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiat-lí
    • Tâi-lô: thiat-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiatlie
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ li⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 哲理

1. philosophy

Usage notes

Though both 哲理 (zhélǐ) and 哲學／哲学 (zhéxué) can both be translated as philosophy in English, the former emphasises philosophy as a system of thought, while the later emphasises philosophy as a field of study.

See also

• 哲學／哲学 (zhéxué)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
哲	理
てつ Grade: S	り Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 哲理

Noun

哲(てつ)理(り) • (tetsuri) 

1. philosophical principles