在理

Chinese

		(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	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. (在理)		在	理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàilǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˋ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi⁶ lei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chǎi-lí / chāi-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàilǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàilǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tsai⁴-li³
    • Yale: dzài-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaylii
    • Palladius: цзайли (czajli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoi⁶ lei⁵
    • Yale: joih léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi⁶ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi⁶ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯²² lei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǎi-lí
    • Tâi-lô: tsǎi-lí
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai²² li⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chāi-lí
    • Tâi-lô: tsāi-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaixlie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sai²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/

Adjective

在理

1. reasonable; sensible; right

Synonyms

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• 合理 (hélǐ)
• 有理 (yǒulǐ)
• 有道理 (yǒu dàolǐ)