有理

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (有理)		有	理
simp. #(有理)		有	理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒulǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ lei⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yû-lî
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ū-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒulǐ [Phonetic: yóulǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒulǐ
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-li³
    • Yale: yǒu-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoulii
    • Palladius: юли (juli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 有理 有禮 / 有礼

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ lei⁵
    • Yale: yáuh léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ lei̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-lî
    • Hakka Romanization System: iu^ˊ li^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ li¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-lî
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu^ˊ li^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ li¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-lí
    • Tâi-lô: ū-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uxlie
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /u²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /u⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /u²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /u³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /u³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/

Verb

有理

1. to be reasonable; to be well-founded; to be rational

Synonyms

• (colloquial, often used in negative or interrogative sentences) 像話／像话 (xiànghuà)

Derived terms

• 井井有理
• 公說公有理，婆說婆有理 / 公说公有理，婆说婆有理 (gōng shuō gōng yǒulǐ, pó shuō pó yǒulǐ)
• 有理不在高聲 / 有理不在高声
• 有理無情 / 有理无情
• 有理走遍天下 (yǒulǐ zǒu biàn tiānxià)
• 有理走遍天下，無理寸步難行 / 有理走遍天下，无理寸步难行 (yǒulǐ zǒu biàn tiānxià, wúlǐ cùnbùnánxíng)
• 秀才遇到兵——有理說不清 / 秀才遇到兵——有理说不清 (xiùcái yùdào bīng, yǒulǐ shuōbùqīng)
• 言之有理 (yánzhīyǒulǐ)

Adjective

有理

1. reasonable; well-founded; rational
2. (mathematics) rational

Synonyms

• (reasonable):

edit

• 合理 (hélǐ)
• 在理 (zàilǐ)
• 有道理 (yǒu dàolǐ)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “reasonable”): 無理／无理 (wúlǐ)
• (antonym(s) of “rational”): 無理／无理 (wúlǐ)

Derived terms

• 有理函數 / 有理函数 (yǒulǐ hánshù)
• 有理化 (yǒulǐhuà)
• 有理式 (yǒulǐshì)
• 有理數 / 有理数 (yǒulǐshù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (有理):

• → Japanese: 有(ゆう)理(り) (yūri)
• → Korean: 유리(有理) (yuri)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
有	理
ゆう Grade: 3	り Grade: 2
kan'on

Etymology

有 (“to exist”) +‎ 理 (“reason”). Compare Latin ratiōnālis (“rational; reasonable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ːɾʲi]
• (Tokyo) ゆうり [yúꜜùrì] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

有(ゆう)理(り) • (yūri) ^{←いうり (iuri)?}

1. (attributive) reasonability
2. (attributive, mathematics) rationality

Antonyms

• 無(む)理(り) (muri)

See also

• 有(ゆう)理(り)化(か) (yūrika)
• 有(ゆう)理(り)数(すう) (yūrisū)

References

• “有理”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026