真理

See also: 眞理

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (真理/眞理)		真/眞	理
simp. (真理)		真	理

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēnlǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ lei⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n-lî
Eastern Min (BUC): cĭng-lī
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zing¹ li³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chin-lí

(Teochew, Peng'im): zing¹ li²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsen-li₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnlǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄌㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhenlǐ
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹-li³
  - Yale: jēn-lǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenlii
  - Palladius: чжэньли (čžɛnʹli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zan¹ lei⁵
  - Yale: jān léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ lei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ léi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n-lî
  - Hakka Romanization System: ziin^ˊ li^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zin¹ li¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cĭng-lī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(l-)nˡi³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zing¹ li³ [Phonetic: zing⁵ li³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cing-lî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ li⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zing¹ li³ [Phonetic: zing⁵ li³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ li³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-lí
  - Tâi-lô: tsin-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cinlie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³ li⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zing¹ li²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsing lí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ³³⁻²³ li⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsen-li₆
  - MiniDict: tsen^平 li^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsen-li₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən⁵⁵ li²¹/

Noun

真理

truth
普遍真理 ― pǔbiàn zhēnlǐ ― universal truth

追求真理 ― zhuīqiú zhēnlǐ ― to seek truth

堅持真理／坚持真理 ― jiānchí zhēnlǐ ― to uphold the truth
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (neologism, Internet slang) gun
- 2024 October 14, 兔八哥纪录片, 网易视频 [NetEase]‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 May 2025:
  
  混乱的街头就是这么混乱，二话不说掏出真理就开干！ [MSC, simp.]
  混亂的街頭就是這麼混亂，二話不說掏出真理就開乾！ [MSC, trad.]
  Hùnluàn de jiētóu jiùshì zhème hùnluàn, èrhuàbùshuō tāo chū zhēnlǐ jiù kāi gān! [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2024 August 29, @biantaichuzi, Twitter‎^[2], archived from the original on 26 May 2025:
  
  讲不赢道理只想掏出真理 [MSC, simp.]
  講不贏道理只想掏出真理 [MSC, trad.]
  jiǎng bù yíng dàolǐ zhǐ xiǎng tāo chū zhēnlǐ [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2024 May 24, @ShiDaiDuanJu, Youtube‎^[3], archived from the original on 26 May 2025:
  
  巴基斯坦的小作坊真理加工厂 [MSC, simp.]
  巴基斯坦的小作坊真理加工廠 [MSC, trad.]
  bājīsītǎn de xiǎo zuòfāng zhēnlǐ jiāgōngchǎng [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Antonyms

謬論／谬论 (miùlùn)
謬說／谬说 (miùshuō)

Derived terms

真理報 / 真理报 (Zhēnlǐbào)
真理越辯越明 / 真理越辩越明 (zhēnlǐ yuèbiànyuèmíng)

Related terms

道理 (dàolǐ)
情理 (qínglǐ)
原理 (yuánlǐ)
真諦／真谛 (zhēndì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (真理):

→ Japanese: 真(しん)理(り) (shinri)
→ Korean: 진리(眞理) (jilli)
→ Vietnamese: chân lí (真理)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
真	理
しん Grade: 3	り Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
眞理 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんり [shíꜜǹrì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩn̺ɾʲi]

Noun

真(しん)理(り) • (shinri)

truth

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
真	理
ま Grade: 3	り Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Alternative spelling
眞理 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

真(ま)理(り) • (Mari)

a female given name

Korean

Hanja in this term
真	理

Noun

真理 • (jilli) (hangeul 진리)

alternative form of 眞理 (“truth”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
真	理

Noun

真理

chữ Hán form of chân lí (“universal truth”)

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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