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

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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
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kai⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li² goi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lí kói
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵²⁻³⁵ koi⁵²⁻²¹/

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
• 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

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Japanese

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

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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
理	解

Noun

理解 • (ihae) (hangeul 이해)

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

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
理	解

Noun

理解

1. chữ Hán form of lí giải (“to understand, to comprehend”).