理所當然

See also: 理所当然

Chinese

		to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure	actually; place; (nominalisation prefix)	of course; surely; natural
trad. (理所當然)		理	所	當然
simp. (理所当然)		理	所	当然

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǐsuǒdāngrán

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄤㄖㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ so² dong¹ jin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lî-só-tông-yèn / lî-só-tông-yàn
Min Nan (POJ): lí-só͘-tong-jiân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǐsuǒdāngrán [Phonetic: lísuǒdāngrán]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄤㄖㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liisuuodangran
  - IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʐän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁵ so² dong¹ jin⁴
  - Yale: léih só dōng yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ so² dong¹ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ so² dong¹ yin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ sɔː³⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-só-tông-yèn
  - Hakka Romanization System: li´ so` dong´ ienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li¹ so³ dong¹ yan²
  - IPA: /li²⁴ so³¹ toŋ²⁴ i̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-só-tông-yàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: li´ so` dong´ (r)ianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li¹ so³ dong¹ yan²
  - IPA: /li²⁴ so³¹ toŋ²⁴ (j)i̯an¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-só͘-tong-jiân
  - Tâi-lô: lí-sóo-tong-jiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lysofdongjieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔŋ³³ d͡ʑiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑiɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ d͡ʑiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ʑiɛn²³/

Idiom

理所當然

to be only right and proper; to be taken as a matter of course; naturally