邏輯

Phono-semantic matching of English logic. Coined by Chinese translator Yan Fu.

邏輯

1. logic; reason; reasoning; law; rationale

   條件邏輯／条件逻辑  ―  tiáojiàn luójí  ―  conditional logic

   內在邏輯／内在逻辑  ―  nèizài luójí  ―  internal logic

   底層邏輯／底层逻辑  ―  dǐcéng luójí  ―  underlying logic

   投資邏輯／投资逻辑  ―  tóuzī luójí  ―  investment logic

   不合邏輯／不合逻辑  ―  bùhé luójí  ―  to be illogical

   這是什麼邏輯？／这是什么逻辑？  ―  Zhè shì shénme luójí?  ―  What kind of logic is that?

2. Short for 邏輯學／逻辑学 (luójíxué, “logic (systematic study of the form of arguments)”).
3. (mathematics) Short for 代數邏輯／代数逻辑 (“algebraic logic”).

• (logic): (obsolete) 理則／理则 (lǐzé), (obsolete) 論理／论理 (lùnlǐ)

邏輯

1. logical

   • 首先，它讓一個詞同時有兩個身分，這是不邏輯的，因而是站不穩的。 [MSC, trad.]
     首先，它让一个词同时有两个身分，这是不逻辑的，因而是站不稳的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1954, Lü Shuxiang, 《关于汉语词类的一些原则性问题》 [Some Fundamental Issues Concerning the Parts of Speech in Chinese], in 《中国语文》, →ISSN

     Shǒuxiān, tā ràng yī ge cí tóngshí yǒu liǎng ge shēnfēn, zhè shì bù luójí de, yīn'ér shì zhàn bù wěn de. [Pinyin]

     Firstly, under (the theory) there can be two coexisting roles for one word, which is not logical and hence makes no sense.