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合理

合理

Chinese

		to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together	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. (合理)		合	理

Adjective

合理

reasonable; equitable; rational

Derived terms

合理化 (hélǐhuà)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
合	理
ごう Grade: 2	り Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

合理 ‎(hiragana ごうり, romaji gōri)

rationality, being rational

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hélǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ lei⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ha̍p-lî
Min Nan (POJ): ha̍p-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: hélǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herlii
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hap⁶ lei⁵
  - Yale: hahp léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ lei⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² lei̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ha̍p-lî
  - Hakka Romanization System: hab li´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hab⁶ li¹
  - IPA: /hap̚⁵ li²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p-lí
  - Tâi-lô: ha̍p-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hablie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hap̚⁴⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hap̚²⁴⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hap̚⁴⁻³² li⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hap̚⁴⁻³² li⁴¹/