真理

See also: 眞理

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (真理/眞理)		真/眞	理
simp. (真理)		真	理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ lei⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n-lî
• Eastern Min (BUC): cĭng-lī
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zing¹ li³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chin-lí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zing¹ li²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsen-li₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-li³
    • Yale: jēn-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenlii
    • Palladius: чжэньли (čžɛnʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹ lei⁵
    • Yale: jān léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n-lî
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziin^ˊ li^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zin¹ li¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cĭng-lī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(l-)nˡi³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zing¹ li³ [Phonetic: zing⁵ li³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cing-lî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ li⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zing¹ li³ [Phonetic: zing⁵ li³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ li³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-lí
    • Tâi-lô: tsin-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cinlie
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³ li⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zing¹ li²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsing lí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ³³⁻²³ li⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsen-li₆
    • MiniDict: tsen^平 li^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsen-li₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən⁵⁵ li²¹/

Noun

真理

1. truth

   普遍真理  ―  pǔbiàn zhēnlǐ  ―  universal truth

   追求真理  ―  zhuīqiú zhēnlǐ  ―  to seek truth

   堅持真理／坚持真理  ―  jiānchí zhēnlǐ  ―  to uphold the truth

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (neologism, Internet slang) gun
   • 2024 May 24, @ShiDaiDuanJu, YouTube‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 May 2025:

     巴基斯坦的小作坊真理加工厂 [MSC, simp.]
     巴基斯坦的小作坊真理加工廠 [MSC, trad.]

     bājīsītǎn de xiǎo zuòfāng zhēnlǐ jiāgōngchǎng [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2024 August 29, @biantaichuzi, Twitter‎^[2], archived from the original on 29 August 2024:

     讲不赢道理只想掏出真理 [MSC, simp.]
     講不贏道理只想掏出真理 [MSC, trad.]

     jiǎng bù yíng dàolǐ zhǐ xiǎng tāo chū zhēnlǐ [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2024 October 14, 兔八哥纪录片, 网易视频 [NetEase]‎^[3], archived from the original on 21 February 2026:

     混乱的街头就是这么混乱，二话不说掏出真理就开干！ [MSC, simp.]
     混亂的街頭就是這麼混亂，二話不說掏出真理就開乾！ [MSC, trad.]

     Hùnluàn de jiētóu jiùshì zhème hùnluàn, èrhuàbùshuō tāo chū zhēnlǐ jiù kāi gān! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Antonyms

• 謬論／谬论 (miùlùn)
• 謬說／谬说 (miùshuō)

Derived terms

• 真理報 / 真理报 (Zhēnlǐbào)
• 真理越辯越明 / 真理越辩越明 (zhēnlǐ yuèbiànyuèmíng)

Related terms

• 道理 (dàolǐ)
• 情理 (qínglǐ)
• 原理 (yuánlǐ)
• 真諦／真谛 (zhēndì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (真理):

• → Japanese: 真(しん)理(り) (shinri)
• → Korean: 진리(眞理) (jilli)
• → Vietnamese: chân lí (真理)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
真	理
しん Grade: 3	り Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
眞理 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんり [shíꜜǹrì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩn̺ɾʲi]

Noun

真(しん)理(り) • (shinri) 

1. truth

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
真	理
ま Grade: 3	り Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Alternative spelling
眞理 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

真(ま)理(り) • (Mari) 

1. a female given name

Korean

Hanja in this term
真	理

Noun

真理 • (jilli) (hangeul 진리)

1. alternative form of 眞理 (“truth”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
真	理

Noun

真理

1. chữ Hán form of chân lí (“universal truth”)