理屈

Chinese

		to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure	bent; feel wronged
simp. and trad. (理屈)		理	屈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐqū

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ wat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lí-khut

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐqū
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐcyu
    • Wade–Giles: li³-chʻü¹
    • Yale: lǐ-chyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liichiu
    • Palladius: лицюй (licjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ wat¹
    • Yale: léih wāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ wat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ wed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ wɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-khut
    • Tâi-lô: lí-khut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ly'qud
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰut̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰut̚⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰut̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰut̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰut̚³²/

Verb

理屈

1. to be in the wrong

Synonyms

• 理虧／理亏 (lǐkuī)
• (Teochew) 落短, 落理

Antonyms

• 理直 (lǐzhí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
理	屈
り Grade: 2	くつ Grade: S
on'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spelling
理窟 (dated)

Etymology

屈 is a daiyōji replacing 窟.

Originally from Chapter 4. Letters and Scholarship, A New Account of the Tales of the World by Liu Yiqing (南朝 宋，劉義慶，《世說新語·文學》).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾʲikɯ̟̊t͡sɨ]
• (Tokyo) りくつ [rìkútsú] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

理(り)屈(くつ) • (rikutsu) 

1. logic; reasoning

   理(り)屈(くつ)に合(あ)わない。

   Rikutsu ni awanai.

   It does not make sense.

2. pretext, excuse

Derived terms

• 理(り)屈(くつ)責(ぜ)め (rikutsuzeme)
• 理(り)屈(くつ)詰(づ)め (rikutsuzume)
• 理(り)屈(くつ)屋(や) (rikutsuya)
• 理(り)屈(くつ)臭(くさ)い (rikutsukusai)
• 理(り)屈(くつ)付(づ)ける (rikutsuzukeru)
• 理(り)屈(くつ)っぽい (rikutsuppoi)
• 理(り)屈(くつ)張(ば)る (rikutsubaru)
• 小(こ)理(り)屈(くつ) (korikutsu)
• 屁(へ)理(り)屈(くつ) (herikutsu)

Idioms

1. 理屈と膏薬はどこでもつく: idle folks lack no excuses

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
理	屈

Noun

理屈 • (igul) (hangeul 이굴)

1. hanja form^? of 이굴