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
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰut̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰut̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰut̚³²/

Verb

理屈

1. to be in the wrong

Synonyms

• 理虧／理亏 (lǐkuī)

Antonyms

• 理直 (lǐzhí)

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Japanese

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

Alternative forms

• 理窟

Etymology

Simplified form of 理窟, from 南朝（宋）刘义庆《世说新语·文学》.

Noun

理(り)屈(くつ) • (rikutsu) 

1. logic; reasoning

   理屈(りくつ)に合(あ)わない。

   Rikutsu ni awanai.

   It does not make sense.