按理

Chinese

		to press (with the hand); to push; to control to press (with the hand); to push; to control; to restrain; to check; pressing down (brush movement in painting); according to; in the light of	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (按理)		按	理
simp. #(按理)		按	理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ànlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on³ lei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): àn-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ànlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ànlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴-li³
    • Yale: àn-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annlii
    • Palladius: аньли (anʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: on³ lei⁵
    • Yale: on léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on³ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: on³ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn³³ lei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àn-lí
    • Tâi-lô: àn-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: arnlie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /an²¹⁻⁵³ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /an⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ li⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /an²¹⁻⁵³ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /an¹¹⁻⁵³ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /an²¹⁻⁴¹ li⁴¹/

Adverb

按理

1. according to reason; normally; theoretically; in principle

Synonyms

• 按理說／按理说 (ànlǐshuō)
• 按說／按说 (ànshuō)
• 照理 (zhàolǐ)
• 照紀綱／照纪纲 (Hokkien)
• 論理／论理 (lùnlǐ)
• 論說／论说 (lùnshuō)