義理

See also: 义理

Chinese

		justice; righteousness; meaning	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (義理)		義	理
simp. (义理)		义	理

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìlǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ lei⁵
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gi⁵ li³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gī-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìlǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄌㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìlǐ
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴-li³
  - Yale: yì-lǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihlii
  - Palladius: или (ili)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ lei⁵
  - Yale: yih léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ lei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ léi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² lei̯¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gi⁵ li³
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gī-lî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki¹¹ li⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gi⁵ li³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki²¹ li³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-lí
  - Tâi-lô: gī-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gixlie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡi²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡi³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡi⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

義理

point; reasoning; argument (for a speech, essay, text, etc.)
philosophical or religious doctrine
(literary) meaning and principle

Related terms

理致 (lǐzhì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
義	理
ぎ Grade: 5	り Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぎり [gìríꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ɡʲiɾʲi]

Noun

義(ぎ)理(り) • (giri)

duty, obligation, burden of obligation. It can be defined as "to serve one's superiors with a self-sacrificing devotion".

See also

人情(にんじょう) (ninjō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
義	理

Noun

義理 • (uiri) (hangeul 의리)

hanja form^? of 의리 (“loyalty; fidelity”)