"理" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 理 |  lǐ | texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 理论 | lǐ lùn | theory / CL:個|个[ge4] / to argue / to take notice of | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理解 | lǐ jiě | to comprehend / to understand | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理由 | lǐ yóu | reason / grounds / justification / CL:個|个[ge4] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理想 | lǐ xiǎng | an ideal / a dream / ideal / perfect | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理念 | lǐ niàn | idea / concept / philosophy / theory | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理财 | lǐ cái | to manage wealth / to manage finances / money management | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理性 | lǐ xìng | reason / rationality / rational | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理工 | lǐ gōng | science and engineering as academic subjects | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理智 | lǐ zhì | reason / intellect / rationality / rational | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理会 | lǐ huì | to understand / to pay attention to / to take notice of | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理科 | lǐ kē | the sciences (as opposed to the humanities 文科[wen2 ke1]) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理事 | lǐ shì | member of council / (literary) to take care of matters | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理应 | lǐ yīng | should / ought to | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理顺 | lǐ shùn | to straighten out / to sort out / to organize | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理赔 | lǐ péi | to settle a claim / claims settlement / payment of claims | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理光 | Lǐ guāng | Ricoh, Japanese imaging and electronics company | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理睬 | lǐ cǎi | to heed / to pay attention to | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理发 | lǐ fà | to get a haircut / to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair / to give (sb) a haircut | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理化 | lǐ huà | physics and chemistry / (archaic) governance and education | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理学 | lǐ xué | science | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理疗 | lǐ liáo | physiotherapy | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理查 | Lǐ chá | (name) Richard | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理亏 | lǐ kuī | in the wrong | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理喻 | lǐ yù | to reason with sb | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理当 | lǐ dāng | should / ought | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理据 | lǐ jù | grounds / justification / logical basis / (linguistic) motivation | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理路 | lǐ lù | logical thinking | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理气 | lǐ qì | (TCM) to rectify 氣|气[qi4] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理清 | lǐ qīng | to disentangle (wiring etc) / (fig.) to clarify (one's thoughts etc) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理儿 | lǐ r | reason | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理塘 | Lǐ táng | Litang county (Tibetan: li thang rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理头 | lǐ tóu | to have a haircut / to cut sb's hair | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理县 | Lǐ xiàn | Li County (Tibetan: li rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 理则 | lǐ zé | principle / logic | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 理论上 | lǐ lùn shàng | in theory / theoretically | |
| 理事会 | lǐ shì huì | council | |
| 理事长 | lǐ shì zhǎng | director general | |
| 理发师 | lǐ fà shī | barber / hairdresser | |
| 理发店 | lǐ fà diàn | barbershop / hairdresser's / CL:家[jia1] | |
| 理想化 | lǐ xiǎng huà | to idealize | |
| 理工科 | lǐ gōng kē | science and engineering as academic subjects | |
| 理论家 | lǐ lùn jiā | theorist / theoretician | |
| 理解力 | lǐ jiě lì | ability to grasp ideas / understanding | |
| 理想国 | lǐ xiǎng guó | ideal state / utopia | |
| 理查森 | Lǐ chá sēn | Richardson (name) | |
| 理算人 | adjuster | | |
| 理财学 | lǐ cái xué | financial management science | |
| 理查德 | Lǐ chá dé | Richard (name) | |
| 理发厅 | lǐ fà tīng | (Tw) barbershop / hairdresser's / CL:家[jia1] | |
| 理发员 | lǐ fà yuán | barber / hairdresser | |
| 理发院 | lǐ fà yuàn | barbershop / hairdresser's | |
| 理工男 | lǐ gōng nán | geek / techie | |
| 理货员 | lǐ huò yuán | shop assistant / warehouse assistant | |
| 理监事 | lǐ jiān shì | member of a board of directors | |
| 理疗师 | lǐ liáo shī | physiotherapist | |
| 理容院 | lǐ róng yuàn | hairdresser and beauty parlor / barbershop / massage parlor | |
| 理神论 | lǐ shén lùn | deism, theological theory of God who does not interfere in the Universe | |
| 理塘县 | Lǐ táng xiàn | Litang county (Tibetan: li thang rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet) | |
| 理学家 | lǐ xué jiā | scholar of the rationalist school of Neo-Confucianism 理學|理学[Li3 xue2] | |
| 理雅各 | Lǐ Yǎ gè | James Legge (1815-1897), Scottish Protestant missionary in Qing China and translator of the Chinese classics into English | |
| 理则学 | lǐ zé xué | logic | |
| 理中客 | lǐ zhōng kè | rational, neutral, objective (abbr. for 理性、中立、客觀|理性、中立、客观[li3 xing4 , zhong1 li4 , ke4 guan1]) | |
| 理工大学 | lǐ gōng dà xué | University of Science and Engineering / also sometimes Institute of Technology | |
| 理所当然 | lǐ suǒ dāng rán | as it should be by rights (idiom) / proper and to be expected as a matter of course / inevitable and right | |
| 理直气壮 | lǐ zhí qì zhuàng | in the right and self-confident (idiom) / bold and confident with justice on one's side / to have the courage of one's convictions / just and forceful | |
| 理论基础 | lǐ lùn jī chǔ | theoretical foundation | |
| 理想主义 | lǐ xiǎng zhǔ yì | idealism | |
| 理性认识 | lǐ xìng rèn shi | cognition / rational knowledge | |
| 理屈词穷 | lǐ qū cí qióng | lit. having presented a flawed argument, one has nothing further to add (idiom) / fig. unable to provide a convincing argument to support one's position / to not have a leg to stand on | |
| 理论重力 | normal gravity / theoretical gravity | | |
| 理化因素 | lǐ huà yīn sù | physical and chemical factors | |
| 理科学士 | lǐ kē xué shì | Bachelor of Science B.Sc. | |
| 理论点源 | lǐ lùn diǎn yuán | virtual point source | |
| 理论贡献 | lǐ lùn gòng xiàn | theoretical contribution | |
| 理气化痰 | lǐ qì huà tán | (TCM) to rectify 氣|气[qi4] and transform phlegm | |
| 理性知识 | lǐ xìng zhī shi | rational knowledge | |
| 理性主义 | lǐ xìng zhǔ yì | rationalism | |
| 理学硕士 | lǐ xué shuò shì | M.Sc. (Master of Science degree) | |
| 理想子女数 | desired family size | | |
| 理事会秘书 | Secretary of the Council | | |
| 理事会条例 | Council Regulation | | |
| 理性与感性 | Lǐ xìng yǔ Gǎn xìng | Sense and Sensibility, novel by Jane Austen 珍·奧斯汀|珍·奥斯汀[Zhen1 · / Ao4 si1 ting1] | |
| 理论概率分布 | theoretical probability distribution | | |
| 理解儿童工作 | Understanding Children's Work | | |
| 理化学研究所 | lǐ huà xué yán jiū suǒ | RIKEN | |
| 理学硕士学位 | lǐ xué shuò shì xué wèi | Master of Science (MSc degree) | |
| 理事会事务干事 | Council Affairs Officer | | |
| 理事会助理秘书 | Assistant Secretary of the Governing Council | | |
| 理事机构秘书处 | Secretariat for Governing Bodies | | |
| 理事会报告委员会 | Committee on the Report of the Council | | |
| 理事会常设委员会 | Permanent Committee of the Board | | |
| 理事会国际货币制度临时委员会 | Interim Committee of the Board of Governors on the International Monetary System | | |
| 理事会对采取具体反恐措施的共同立场 | Council Common Position on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism | |
Approximate Results for 理 | ||||
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise / to manage / to administer / management / administration / CL:個|个[ge4] | | |
| 处理 | chǔ lǐ | to handle / to deal with / to punish / to treat sth by a special process / to process / to sell at reduced prices | | |
| 代理 | dài lǐ | to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position / to act as an agent or proxy / surrogate / (computing) proxy | | |
| 心理 | xīn lǐ | psychology / mentality | | |
| 整理 | zhěng lǐ | to arrange / to tidy up / to sort out / to straighten out / to list systematically / to collate (data, files) / to pack (luggage) | | |
| 经理 | jīng lǐ | manager / director / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] | | |
| 办理 | bàn lǐ | to handle / to transact / to conduct | | |
| 合理 | hé lǐ | rational / reasonable / sensible / fair | | |
| 原理 | yuán lǐ | principle / theory | | |
| 物理 | wù lǐ | physics | | |
| 道理 | dào li | reason / argument / sense / principle / basis / justification / CL:個|个[ge4] | | |
| 治理 | zhì lǐ | to govern / to administer / to manage / to control / governance | | |
| 地理 | dì lǐ | geography | | |
| 清理 | qīng lǐ | to clear up / to tidy up / to dispose of | | |
| 助理 | zhù lǐ | assistant | | |
| 护理 | hù lǐ | to nurse / to tend and protect | | |
| 总理 | zǒng lǐ | premier / prime minister / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] | | |
| 受理 | shòu lǐ | to accept to hear a case / to handle (a service) | | |
| 生理 | shēng lǐ | physiology | | |
| 不理 | bù lǐ | to refuse to acknowledge / to pay no attention to / to take no notice of / to ignore | | |
| 修理 | xiū lǐ | to repair / to fix / to prune / to trim / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb | | |
| 真理 | zhēn lǐ | truth / CL:個|个[ge4] | | |
| 审理 | shěn lǐ | to hear (a case) | | |
| 推理 | tuī lǐ | reasoning / inference / to infer / to deduce | | |
| 有理 | yǒu lǐ | reasonable / justified / right / (math.) rational | | |
| 料理 | liào lǐ | to arrange / to handle / to cook / cuisine / art of cooking | | |
| 伦理 | lún lǐ | ethics | | |
| 自理 | zì lǐ | to take care of oneself / to provide for oneself | | |
| 梳理 | shū lǐ | to comb / fig. to sort out | | |
| 调理 | tiáo lǐ | to nurse one's health / to recuperate / to take care of / to look after / to discipline / to educate / to train / to prepare food / (dialect) to make fun of / (medicine) to opsonize | | |
| 病理 | bìng lǐ | pathology | | |
| 哲理 | zhé lǐ | philosophic theory / philosophy | | |
| 情理 | qíng lǐ | reason / sense | | |
| 打理 | dǎ lǐ | to take care of / to sort out / to manage / to put in order | | |
| 机理 | jī lǐ | mechanism | | |
| 无理 | wú lǐ | irrational / unreasonable | | |
| 纹理 | wén lǐ | vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) | | |
| 定理 | dìng lǐ | theorem | | |
| 数理 | shù lǐ | mathematical sciences | | |
| 常理 | cháng lǐ | common sense / conventional reasoning and morals | | |
| 天理 | tiān lǐ | Heaven's law / the natural order of things | | |
| 文理 | wén lǐ | arts and sciences | | |
| 命理 | mìng lǐ | fate / predestination / divinatory art | | |
| 搭理 | dā li | variant of 答理[da1li5] | | |
| 条理 | tiáo lǐ | arrangement / order / tidiness | | |
| 同理 | tóng lǐ | for the same reason | | |
| 药理 | yào lǐ | pharmacology | | |
| 法理 | fǎ lǐ | legal principle / jurisprudence | | |
| 明理 | míng lǐ | sensible / reasonable / an obvious reason, truth or fact / to understand the reason or reasoning | | |
| 照理 | zhào lǐ | according to reason / usually / in the normal course of events / to attend to | | |
| 事理 | shì lǐ | reason / logic | | |
| 公理 | gōng lǐ | self-evident truth / (math.) axiom | | |
| 说理 | shuō lǐ | to reason / to argue logically | | |
| 讲理 | jiǎng lǐ | to argue / to reason with sb / to talk sense / to be reasonable | | |
| 按理 | àn lǐ | according to reason / in the ordinary course of events / normally | | |
| 学理 | xué lǐ | scientific principle / theoretical standpoint | | |
| 连理 | lián lǐ | two trees that grow together as one / fig. conjugal union | | |
| 歪理 | wāi lǐ | fallacious reasoning / preposterous argument | | |
| 乐理 | yuè lǐ | music theory | | |
| 肌理 | jī lǐ | texture (of skin, surface etc) | | |
| 评理 | píng lǐ | to judge between right and wrong / to reason things out | | |
| 协理 | xié lǐ | assistant manager / to assist in managing | | |
| 论理 | lùn lǐ | normally / as things should be / by rights / to reason things out / logic | | |
| 副理 | fù lǐ | deputy director / assistant manager | | |
| 答理 | dā li | (usu. used in the negative) to acknowledge (sb's greeting etc) / to respond / to answer | | |
| 医理 | yī lǐ | medical knowledge / principles of medical science | | |
| 教理 | jiào lǐ | doctrine (religion) | | |
| 别理 | bié lǐ | don't get involved / ignore it! / don't have anything to do with (him, her etc) / don't speak to | | |
| 布理 | bù lǐ | Bree | | |
| 层理 | céng lǐ | stratification | | |
| 大理 | dà lǐ | judicial officer / justice of the peace (old) | | |
| 会理 | Huì lǐ | see 會理市|会理市[Hui4li3 Shi4] | | |
| 解理 | jiě lǐ | cleavage (splitting of minerals such as slate along planes) | | |
| 据理 | jù lǐ | according to reason / in principle | | |
| 劈理 | pī lǐ | (mining) cleavage | | |
| 申理 | shēn lǐ | to right a wrong / to seek justice | | |
| 疏理 | shū lǐ | to clarify (disparate material into a coherent narrative) / to marshal an argument | | |
| 输理 | shū lǐ | to be in the wrong | | |
| 温理 | wēn lǐ | to review (a lesson etc) / to bring back to one's mind | | |
| 襄理 | xiāng lǐ | assistant manager (in a large enterprise) (Tw) / (literary) to assist | | |
| 燮理 | xiè lǐ | to harmonize / to adapt / to adjust | | |
| 玄理 | xuán lǐ | profound theory / philosophical theory of Wei and Jin 玄學|玄学 / sect | | |
| 义理 | yì lǐ | doctrine (esp. religious) / argumentation (in a speech or essay) | | |
| 引理 | yǐn lǐ | (math.) lemma | | |
| 在理 | zài lǐ | reasonable / sensible | | |
| 政理 | zhèng lǐ | politics / government affairs | | |
| 综理 | zōng lǐ | to be in overall charge / to oversee | | |
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| 管理员 | guǎn lǐ yuán | manager / administrator | |
| 总经理 | zǒng jīng lǐ | general manager / CEO | |
| 处理器 | chǔ lǐ qì | processor | |
| 代理商 | dài lǐ shāng | agent | |
| 管理局 | guǎn lǐ jú | authority | |
| 心理学 | xīn lǐ xué | psychology | |
| 管理学 | guǎn lǐ xué | management studies | |
| 代理人 | dài lǐ rén | agent | |
| 不合理 | bù hé lǐ | unreasonable | |
| 有道理 | yǒu dào li | to make sense / reasonable | |
| 水处理 | shuǐ chǔ lǐ | water treatment | |
| 管理人 | guǎn lǐ rén | supervisor / manager / administrator | |
| 管理费 | administrative charges | | |
| 安理会 | An1 Lǐ huì | (United Nations) Security Council | |
| 大理石 | dà lǐ shí | marble | |
| 物理学 | wù lǐ xué | physics | |
| 不理想 | bù lǐ xiǎng | not ideal | |
| 合理性 | hé lǐ xìng | reason / rationality / rationale / reasonableness | |
| 副总理 | fù zǒng lǐ | vice-premier / vice prime minister / deputy prime minister | |
| 周总理 | Zhōu zǒng lǐ | Premier Zhou Enlai 周恩來|周恩来 / (1898-1976) | |
| 热处理 | rè chǔ lǐ | hot treatment (e.g. of metal) | |
| 批处理 | pī chǔ lǐ | (computing) batch processing | |
| 生理学 | shēng lǐ xué | physiology | |
| 合理化 | hé lǐ huà | to rationalize / to make compatible / to streamline / rationalization | |
| 副经理 | fù jīng lǐ | deputy director / assistant manager | |
| 按理说 | àn lǐ shuō | it is reasonable to say that... | |
| 修理厂 | xiū lǐ chǎng | repair shop | |
| 管理站 | guǎn lǐ zhàn | management station | |
| 护理学 | hù lǐ xué | nursing | |
| 大道理 | dà dào li | major principle / general truth / sermon (reproof) / bombastic talk | |
| 病理学 | bìng lǐ xué | pathology | |
| 伦理学 | lún lǐ xué | ethics | |
| 地理学 | dì lǐ xué | geography | |
| 预处理 | yù chǔ lǐ | to preprocess | |
| 后处理 | hòu chǔ lǐ | spent fuel reprocessing / fuel reprocessing | |
| 法理学 | fǎ lǐ xué | jurisprudence | |
| 数理化 | shù lǐ huà | abbr. for mathematics 數學|数学[shu4 xue2], physics 物理[wu4 li3] and chemistry 化學|化学[hua4 xue2] | |
| 药理学 | yào lǐ xué | pharmacology | |
| 前总理 | qián zǒng lǐ | former prime minister | |
| 心理战 | xīn lǐ zhàn | psychological warfare / psychological operations / psyop | |
| 管理司 | guǎn lǐ sī | Division for Management | |
| 物理层 | wù lǐ céng | physical layer | |
| 料理店 | liào lǐ diàn | restaurant | |
| 未处理 | wèi chǔ lǐ | as yet unprocessed | |
| 有理数 | yǒu lǐ shù | rational number (i.e. fraction of two integers, math.) | |
| 毒理学 | dú lǐ xué | toxicology | |
| 真理报 | Zhēn lǐ Bào | Pravda (newspaper) | |
| 核物理 | hé wù lǐ | nuclear physics | |
| 大理州 | Dà lǐ zhōu | see 大理白族自治州[Da4li3 Bai2zu2 Zi4zhi4zhou1] | |
| 赵树理 | Zhào Shù lǐ | Zhao Shuli (1906-1970), proletarian novelist | |
| 大理寺 | dà lǐ sì | Imperial Court of Judicial Review | |
| 监理所 | jiān lǐ suǒ | inspection and control bureau | |
| 无理数 | wú lǐ shù | irrational number | |
| 天理教 | Tiān lǐ jiào | Tenrikyo (Japanese religion) | |
| 代理行 | correspondent bank | | |
| 护理工 | care worker | | |
| 修理船 | repair ship / maintenance ship | | |
| 治理司 | Division for Governance | | |
| 不搭理 | bù dā lǐ | variant of 不答理[bu4 da1 li3] | |
| 不答理 | bù dā lǐ | to pay no heed to | |
| 不去理 | bù qù lǐ | not to pay attention to / to leave sth as it is / to ignore | |
| 不受理 | bù shòu lǐ | reject a complaint / refuse to entertain (a proposal) | |
| 超物理 | chāo wù lǐ | surpassing the physical world / metaphysical | |
