義理

See also: 义理

Chinese

		justice; righteousness; meaning	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (義理)		義	理
simp. (义理)		义	理

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìlǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ lei⁵
Min Nan (POJ): gī-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yìlǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄌㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihlii
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ lei⁵
  - Yale: yih léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ lei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ léi⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː²² lei̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-lí
  - Tâi-lô: gī-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gixlie
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /gi²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gi³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gi³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gi⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

義理

point; reasoning; argument (for a speech, essay, text, etc.)
philosophical or religious doctrine

Japanese

Kanji in this term
義	理
Grade: 5	Grade: 2

Noun

義理 (hiragana ぎり, rōmaji giri)

duty, obligation, burden of obligation. It can be defined as "to serve one's superiors with a self-sacrificing devotion".

See also

人情 (にんじょう, ninjō)

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