明理

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
simp. and trad. (明理)		明	理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mínglǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ lei⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-lî
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínglǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínglǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-li³
    • Yale: míng-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minglii
    • Palladius: минли (minli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínglǐr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínglǐr
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-li³-ʼrh
    • Yale: míng-lǐr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minglieel
    • Palladius: минлир (minlir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ liə̯ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ lei⁵
    • Yale: mìhng léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ lei̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-lî
    • Hakka Romanization System: minˇ li´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: min² li¹
    • Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ li²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-lí
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: benglie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² li⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ li⁴¹/

Verb

明理

1. understand, know the reason

Noun

明理

1. obvious truth or fact

Synonyms

• 明情理 (míngqínglǐ)