有理

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (有理)		有	理
simp. #(有理)		有	理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒulǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ lei⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yû-lî
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ū-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒulǐ [Phonetic: yóulǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒulǐ
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-li³
    • Yale: yǒu-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoulii
    • Palladius: юли (juli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ lei⁵
    • Yale: yáuh léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ lei̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-lî
    • Hakka Romanization System: iu^ˊ li^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ li¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-lî
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu^ˊ li^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ li¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-lí
    • Tâi-lô: ū-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uxlie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /u⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /u²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /u³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/

Verb

有理

1. to be reasonable; to be well-founded; to be rational

Synonyms

• (colloquial, often used in negative or interrogative sentences) 像話／像话 (xiànghuà)

Adjective

有理

1. reasonable; well-founded; rational
2. (mathematics) rational

Synonyms

• (reasonable):

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• 合理 (hélǐ)
• 在理 (zàilǐ)
• 有道理 (yǒu dàolǐ)

 

Antonyms

• (reasonable): 無理／无理 (wúlǐ)
• (rational): 無理／无理 (wúlǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (有理):

• → Japanese: 有(ゆう)理(り) (yūri)
• → Korean: 유리(有理) (yuri)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
有	理
ゆう Grade: 3	り Grade: 2
kan'on

Etymology

有 (“to exist”) +‎ 理 (“reason”). Compare Latin ratiōnālis (“rational; reasonable”).

Noun

有(ゆう)理(り) • (yūri) ^{←いうり (iuri)?}

1. (attributive) reasonability
2. (attributive, mathematics) rationality

Antonyms

• 無(む)理(り) (muri)

See also

• 有(ゆう)理(り)化(か) (yūrika)
• 有(ゆう)理(り)数(すう) (yūrisū)