事理

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	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. (事理)		事	理
anagram		理事

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìlǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ lei⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sīr-lí / sū-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìlǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄌㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhlǐ
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-li³
  - Yale: shr̀-lǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhlii
  - Palladius: шили (šili)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    事理
    市里
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ lei⁵
  - Yale: sih léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ lei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ léi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² lei̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-lí
  - Tâi-lô: sīr-lí
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-lí
  - Tâi-lô: sū-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxlie
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/

Noun

事理

reason; logic; sense

Derived terms

明事理 (míngshìlǐ)
通達事理 / 通达事理

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): se⁶ li²

Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: se⁶ li²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ̆ lí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯ³⁵⁻¹¹ li⁵²/

Verb

事理 (Teochew)

to fix; to repair
to prepare

Derived terms

事理食

Japanese

Kanji in this term
事	理
じ Grade: 3	り Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

事(じ)理(り) • (jiri)

reason, logic, sense

References

“事理”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
事	理

Noun

事理 • (sari) (hangeul 사리)

hanja form^? of 사리 (“reason, logic, sense”)