理智

Chinese

		to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure	wisdom; knowledge
simp. and trad. (理智)		理	智

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǐzhì

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ zi³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lî-chṳ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lí-tì

(Teochew, Peng'im): li² di³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǐzhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǐjhìh
  - Wade–Giles: li³-chih⁴
  - Yale: lǐ-jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liijyh
  - Palladius: личжи (ličži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    理智
    禮制 / 礼制
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁵ zi³
  - Yale: léih ji
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ dzi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ ji³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ t͡siː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-chṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: li^ˊ zii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li¹ zi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /li²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɨ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-tì
  - Tâi-lô: lí-tì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ly'dix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ti⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ti²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: li² di³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lí tì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵²⁻³⁵ ti²¹³/

Etymology 1

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 理(り)知(ち) (richi),^[1] first attested in 《藝術的創作與鑒賞》 by Feng Zikai in 1924.

Noun

理智

reason; intellect

Adjective

理智

reasonable; rational

Synonyms

冷靜 / 冷静 (lěngjìng)
在步 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
從容 / 从容
沉著 (chénzhuó)
淡定 (dàndìng)
清醒 (qīngxǐng)
精英 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
肅清 / 肃清 (sùqīng) (archaic)
自如 (zìrú) (literary)
自若 (zìruò) (literary)
鎮定 / 镇定 (zhèndìng)
鎮靜 / 镇静 (zhènjìng)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

理智

(～村) Lizhi (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)

References

^ 汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 660

Japanese

Kanji in this term
理	智
り Grade: 2	ち Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 理智 – see the following entry.

【理知りち】

[noun] intelligence

(This term, 理智, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)