說理

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (說理)		說	理
simp. (说理)		说	理

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuōlǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ lei⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soat-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuōlǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛㄌㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuolǐ
  - Wade–Giles: shuo¹-li³
  - Yale: shwō-lǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuolii
  - Palladius: шоли (šoli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syut³ lei⁵
  - Yale: syut léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ lei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: xud³ léi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ lei̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-lí
  - Tâi-lô: suat-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soatlie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ li⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suat̚³²⁻⁵ li⁵³/

Verb

說理

to argue; to reason things out
to listen to reason; to be reasonable (usually used in the negative)

Synonyms

(to argue):

理論／理论 (lǐlùn)
評理／评理 (pínglǐ)
說明道理／说明道理 (shuōmíng dàolǐ)

(to listen to reason):

爭辯是非／争辩是非 (zhēngbiàn shìfēi)
論理／论理 (lùnlǐ)
講道理／讲道理 (jiǎng dàolǐ)

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