道理

Chinese

		direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk	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. (道理)		道	理

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàolǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ lei⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tho-lî
Min Nan (POJ): tǒ-lí / tō-lí
Wu (Wiktionary): dau li (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàolǐ → dàoli (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇ → ㄉㄠˋ ˙ㄌㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daw.lii
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàoli̊
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯˥˩ li˨˩˦꜕꜖⁽꜕꜖꜓⁾/ → /tɑʊ̯˥˩ li˩/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou⁶ lei⁵
  - Yale: douh léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ lei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ léi⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /tou̯˨ lei̯˩˧/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tho-lî
  - Hakka Romanization System: to li´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to⁴ li¹
  - IPA: /tʰo˥ li˨˦/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒ-lí
  - Tâi-lô: tǒ-lí
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /to˨˨ li˥˥˦/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-lí
  - Tâi-lô: tō-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doixlie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ˧˧꜕꜖ li˦˩/
  - IPA (Taipei): /to˧˧꜖꜖ li˥˧/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to˨˨꜕꜖ li˥˧/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: dau li (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /d̻ɔ˨ li˦/

Noun

道理

reason; argument; logic
- 其實這種道理，到了現在，他們也該早已懂得 [MSC, trad.]
  其实这种道理，到了现在，他们也该早已懂得 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1918: Lu Xun, A Madman's Diary (狂人日記)
  qíshí zhè zhǒng dàolǐ, dào le xiànzài, tāmen yě gāi zǎoyǐ dǒngdé [Pinyin]
  Actually, they should already understand this kind of argument by now
principle; rule; truth; philosophy
人生道理 ― rénshēng dàolǐ ― philosophies of life

道理無窮，學者先要不得有自足心。 [MSC, trad.]
道理无穷，学者先要不得有自足心。 [MSC, simp.]
Dàolǐ wúqióng, xuézhě xiān yàobudé yǒu zìzú xīn. [Pinyin]
Truth is infinite; a scholar cannot afford to have a complacent attitude.
the right way (to do something)

Derived terms

講道理／讲道理 (jiǎngdàolǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (道理):

→ Japanese: 道理 (どうり) (dōri)
→ Korean: 도리 (道理, dori)
→ Vietnamese: đạo lí (道理)

Related terms

情理 (qínglǐ)
原理 (yuánlǐ)
真諦／真谛 (zhēndì)
真理 (zhēnlǐ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
道	理
どう Grade: 2	り Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) どーり [dòóríꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
- IPA^(key): [do̞ːɾʲi]

Noun

道理 (hiragana どうり, rōmaji dōri)

reason, logic, sense, principle
彼 (かれ)の意見 (いけん)は道理 (どうり)に適 (かな)っていない。
Kare no iken wa dōri ni kanatte inai.
His opinion doesn't make sense.

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
道	理

Noun

道理 • (dori) (hangeul 도리)

Hanja form^? of 도리 (“duty; way, method, means”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
道	理

Noun

道理

Hán tự form of đạo lí (“moral code, principles, standards; moral philosophy”).

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