理解

Chinese

		to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure	to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort
trad. (理解)		理	解
simp. #(理解)		理	解

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐjiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ gaai²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lî-kié / lî-kiái
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lí-kái

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li² goi²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶li-cia
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): li³ gai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐjiě [Phonetic: líjiě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐjiě
    • Wade–Giles: li³-chieh³
    • Yale: lǐ-jyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liijiee
    • Palladius: лицзе (licze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ gaai²
    • Yale: léih gáai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ gaai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ gai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ kaːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-kié
    • Hakka Romanization System: li^ˊ gie^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li¹ gie³
    • Sinological IPA: /li²⁴ ki̯e³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-kiái
    • Hakka Romanization System: li^ˊ giai^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li¹ giai³
    • Sinological IPA: /li²⁴ ki̯ai̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-kái
    • Tâi-lô: lí-kái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ly'kae
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kai⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kai⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li² goi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lí kói
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵²⁻³⁵ koi⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶li-cia
    • MiniDict: li^去 cia
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li-jia
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²² t͡ɕia⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: li³ gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁴¹ kai̯⁴¹/

Verb

理解

1. to understand; to comprehend

Synonyms

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• 了解 (liǎojiě)
• 佔有 / 占有 (zhànyǒu)
• 分曉 / 分晓 (fēnxiǎo)
• 參悟 / 参悟 (cānwù)
• 悟 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 懂 (dǒng)
• 懂得 (dǒngde)
• 打生 (Wenzhounese)
• 把握 (bǎwò)
• 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
• 明 (ming⁴) (Cantonese)
• 明白
• 明瞭 / 明了 (míngliǎo)
• 曉得 / 晓得 (xiǎode)
• 會悟 / 会悟 (huìwù) (literary)
• 洞悉 (dòngxī)
• 清亮 (mainland China)
• 清楚
• 熟似 (Hokkien)
• 熟悉 (shúxī)
• 熟稔 (shúrěn) (literary)
• 熟識 / 熟识 (shúshí)
• 理會 / 理会 (lǐhuì)
• 瞭悟 / 了悟 (liǎowù) (literary)
• 知影 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 知悉 (zhīxī) (literary)
• 知曉 / 知晓 (zhīxiǎo)
• 知識 / 知识 (zhīshí) (literary)
• 知道 (zhīdào)
• 覺 / 觉
• 覺悟 / 觉悟 (juéwù)
• 覺醒 / 觉醒 (juéxǐng)
• 認識 / 认识
• 諳曉 / 谙晓 (ānxiǎo) (literary)
• 諳達 / 谙达 (āndá) (literary)
• 貫通 / 贯通 (guàntōng)
• 通曉 / 通晓 (tōngxiǎo)
• 通解 (tōngjiě) (literary)
• 通達 / 通达 (tōngdá)
• 達 / 达 (literary, or in compounds)
• 醒悟 (xǐngwù)
• 開悟 / 开悟 (kāiwù) (literary)
• 領悟 / 领悟 (lǐngwù)
• 領會 / 领会 (lǐnghuì)
• 領略 / 领略 (lǐnglüè)

Derived terms

• 不可理解
• 前理解
• 可理解 (kělǐjiě)
• 理解力 (lǐjiělì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
理	解
り Grade: 2	かい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) りかい [ríꜜkàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲika̠i]

Noun

理(り)解(かい) • (rikai) 

1. understanding, comprehension
2. appreciation

Derived terms

• 相互理解
• 無理解
• 理解し合う
• 理解力

Verb

理(り)解(かい)する • (rikai suru) transitive suru (stem 理(り)解(かい)し (rikai shi), past 理(り)解(かい)した (rikai shita))

1. understand, comprehend
2. appreciate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "理解する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	理解し	りかいし	rikai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	理解し	りかいし	rikai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	理解する	りかいする	rikai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	理解する	りかいする	rikai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	理解すれ	りかいすれ	rikai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	理解せよ¹ 理解しろ²	りかいせよ¹ りかいしろ²	rikai seyo¹ rikai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	理解される	りかいされる	rikai sareru
Causative	理解させる 理解さす	りかいさせる りかいさす	rikai saseru rikai sasu
Potential	理解できる	りかいできる	rikai dekiru
Volitional	理解しよう	りかいしよう	rikai shiyō
Negative	理解しない	りかいしない	rikai shinai
Negative continuative	理解せず	りかいせず	rikai sezu
Formal	理解します	りかいします	rikai shimasu
Perfective	理解した	りかいした	rikai shita
Conjunctive	理解して	りかいして	rikai shite
Hypothetical conditional	理解すれば	りかいすれば	rikai sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “理解”, 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	解

Noun

理解 • (ihae) (hangeul 이해)

1. hanja form^? of 이해 (“understanding, comprehension”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
理	解

Noun

理解

1. chữ Hán form of lí giải (“to explain; to describe; to interpret”)