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

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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    有禮 / 有礼
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

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

井井有理
公說公有理，婆說婆有理 / 公说公有理，婆说婆有理 (gōng shuō gōng yǒulǐ, pó shuō pó yǒulǐ)
有理不在高聲 / 有理不在高声
有理無情 / 有理无情
有理走遍天下 (yǒulǐ zǒu biàn tiānxià)
有理走遍天下，無理寸步難行 / 有理走遍天下，无理寸步难行 (yǒulǐ zǒu biàn tiānxià, wúlǐ cùnbùnánxíng)
秀才遇到兵——有理說不清 / 秀才遇到兵——有理说不清 (xiùcái yùdào bīng, yǒulǐ shuōbùqīng)
言之有理 (yánzhīyǒulǐ)

Adjective

有理

reasonable; well-founded; rational
(mathematics) rational

Synonyms

(reasonable):

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合理 (hélǐ)
在理 (zàilǐ)
有道理 (yǒu dàolǐ)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “reasonable”): 無理／无理 (wúlǐ)
(antonym(s) of “rational”): 無理／无理 (wúlǐ)

Derived terms

有理函數 / 有理函数 (yǒulǐ hánshù)
有理化 (yǒulǐhuà)
有理式 (yǒulǐshì)
有理數 / 有理数 (yǒulǐshù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (有理):

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

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”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ゆうり [yúꜜùrì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ːɾʲi]

Noun

有(ゆう)理(り) • (yūri) ^{←いうり (iuri)^?}

(attributive) reasonability
(attributive, mathematics) rationality

Antonyms

無(む)理(り) (muri)

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