"理由" meaning in Chinese

See 理由 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lei̯¹³ jɐu̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /li²⁴ i̯u¹¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /li²⁴ (j)i̯u¹¹/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iu²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iu²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /li⁵²⁻³⁵ iu⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯³⁵/, /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/, /lei̯¹³ jɐu̯²¹/, /li²⁴ i̯u¹¹/, /li²⁴ (j)i̯u¹¹/, /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu²⁴/, /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iu²⁴/, /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu¹³/, /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu²⁴/, /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iu²³/, /li⁵²⁻³⁵ iu⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: lǐyóu [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄡˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lei⁵ jau⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], lî-yù [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], lí-iû [Hokkien, POJ], li² iu⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], lǐyóu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], lǐyóu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], li³-yu² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], lǐ-yóu [Mandarin, Yale], liiyou [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], лию [Mandarin, Palladius], liju [Mandarin, Palladius], lǐyóur [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄡˊㄦ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lǐyóur [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], li³-yu²-ʼrh [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], lǐ-yóur [Mandarin, Yale], liiyoul [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], лиюр [Mandarin, Palladius], lijur [Mandarin, Palladius], léih yàuh [Cantonese, Yale], lei⁵ jau⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], léi⁵ yeo⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], lî-yù [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], li^ˊ iu^ˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], li¹ yiu² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], lî-yù [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], li^ˊ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], r [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], iu^ˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], li¹ yiu² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], lí-iû [Hokkien, Tai-lo], lyiuu [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], lí iû [POJ, Teochew]
Etymology: Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 理(り)由(ゆう) (riyū). Etymology templates: {{obor|zh|ja|-|nocap=1|notext=1}} Japanese, {{ja-r|理%由|り%ゆう|gloss=}} 理(り)由(ゆう) (riyū), {{cat|zh|Wasei kango}}, {{wasei kango|理%由|り%ゆう}} Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 理(り)由(ゆう) (riyū) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 理由
  1. reason; grounds; justification
    Sense id: en-理由-zh-noun-0~M8PwYW Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms borrowed back into Chinese, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Elementary Mandarin, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Wasei kango Synonyms: 來由 (láiyóu), 来由 (láiyóu), 原因 (yuányīn), 因由 (yīnyóu), 因端 [Hokkien], 因致端 [Hokkien], 基因 (jīyīn) [dated], 張本 (zhāngběn) [literary], 张本 (zhāngběn) [literary], 成因 (chéngyīn), 所以然 (suǒyǐrán), 根由 (gēnyóu), 緣故 (yuángù), 缘故 (yuángù), 緣由 (yuányóu), 缘由 (yuányóu), 緣起 (yuánqǐ), 缘起 (yuánqǐ), 肇因 (zhàoyīn), 言因 (Anxi Hokkien), 說道 (shuōdao) [colloquial], 说道 (shuōdao) [colloquial], 起因 (qǐyīn), 道理 (dàolǐ), 關係, 关系

Alternative forms

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        "Palladius"
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        "Palladius"
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Yale"
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        "Pinyin"
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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      "zh-pron": "li^ˊ"
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      "zh-pron": "iu^ˇ"
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      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
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        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lyiuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
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    {
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        "Teochew"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lei̯¹³ jɐu̯²¹/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/li²⁴ i̯u¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴ (j)i̯u¹¹/"
    },
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    },
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iu²³/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵²⁻³⁵ iu⁵⁵/"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǐ-yóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liiyou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лию"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liju"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǐyóur"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄡˊㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǐyóur"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "li³-yu²-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǐ-yóur"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liiyoul"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лиюр"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lijur"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "léih yàuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lei⁵ jau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "léi⁵ yeo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lei̯¹³ jɐu̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lî-yù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "li^ˊ iu^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "li¹ yiu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴ i̯u¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lî-yù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "li^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iu^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "li¹ yiu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴ (j)i̯u¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lí-iû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lyiuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iu²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lí iû"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵²⁻³⁵ iu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lei̯¹³ jɐu̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴ i̯u¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²⁴ (j)i̯u¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iu²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁵²⁻³⁵ iu⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "láiyóu",
      "word": "來由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láiyóu",
      "word": "来由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuányīn",
      "word": "原因"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnyóu",
      "word": "因由"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "因端"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "因致端"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīyīn",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "基因"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhāngběn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "張本"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhāngběn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "张本"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chéngyīn",
      "word": "成因"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suǒyǐrán",
      "word": "所以然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gēnyóu",
      "word": "根由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuángù",
      "word": "緣故"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuángù",
      "word": "缘故"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuányóu",
      "word": "緣由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuányóu",
      "word": "缘由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuánqǐ",
      "word": "緣起"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuánqǐ",
      "word": "缘起"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhàoyīn",
      "word": "肇因"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Anxi Hokkien",
      "word": "言因"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuōdao",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "說道"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuōdao",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "说道"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐyīn",
      "word": "起因"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàolǐ",
      "word": "道理"
    },
    {
      "word": "關係"
    },
    {
      "word": "关系"
    }
  ],
  "word": "理由"
}

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