理睬
Chinese
to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure |
pay attention; take notice of; to care for | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (理睬) |
理 | 睬 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): lei5 coi2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lí-chhái
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6li-tshe
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: lǐcǎi [Phonetic: lícǎi]
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄘㄞˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lǐcǎi
- Wade–Giles: li3-tsʻai3
- Yale: lǐ-tsǎi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liitsae
- Palladius: лицай (licaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lei5 coi2
- Yale: léih chói
- Cantonese Pinyin: lei5 tsoi2
- Guangdong Romanization: léi5 coi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /lei̯¹³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-chhái
- Tâi-lô: lí-tshái
- Phofsit Daibuun: lyzhae
- IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
Verb
理睬
- to heed; to pay attention to
Usage notes
Often used with a negating verb such as 不 (bù) or 不予 (bùyǔ).
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 理 (“to be concerned with; to pay attention to”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 理, 管, 睬, 理睬, 理會 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 理, 搭理, 搭咯 |
| Taiwan | 理, 管 | |
| Singapore | 理, 管 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 理, 搭理 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 招, 理 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 理, 睬, 理視, 耳視, 張視 |
| Wuhan | 邇, 理, 睬 | |
| Guilin | 理 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 睬 |
| Hefei | 理, 睬 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 睬, 理, 騷 |
| Hong Kong | 睬, 理, 騷 | |
| Yangjiang | 理, 睬 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 理 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 理, 搭 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 睬, 唰 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 理, 理睬 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 理 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 叕, 插 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 插, 插趖, 插潲, 插管, 管待, 嘀厾, 理落 |
| Quanzhou | 插, 插趖, 插潲, 嘀厾 | |
| Zhangzhou | 插, 插潲, 插管, 管待 | |
| Tainan | 插, 管, 管待 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 插潲 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 插, 插潲, 管, 插管, 甩 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 插, 插潲, 管 | |
| Chaozhou | 睬 | |
| Shantou | 理 | |
| Jieyang | 睬 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 插 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 理 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 睬, 理 rare |
| Suzhou | 理, 睬 | |
| Wenzhou | 朝, 理 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 齒 |
| Shuangfeng | 齒, 搭, 邇 | |