"義理" meaning in Chinese

See 義理 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /i⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jiː²² lei̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /ki¹¹ li⁴⁵³/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /ki²¹ li³³²/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /ɡi³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA, Kaohsiung], /ɡi²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /ɡi³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA, Taipei], /ɡi⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA] Forms: 义理 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 義理
  1. point; reasoning; argument (for a speech, essay, text, etc.)
    Sense id: en-義理-zh-noun-w-adJiI8 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 67 10 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 43 16 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 17 40
  2. philosophical or religious doctrine
    Sense id: en-義理-zh-noun-agqYnrlj Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 43 16 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 17 40
  3. (literary) meaning and principle Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-義理-zh-noun-Ks7nOGSL Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 43 16 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 17 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 理致 (lǐzhì)
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}

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