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

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• 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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      edit edit 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-chṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: li´ 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), first attested in 《藝術的創作與鑒賞》 by Feng Zikai in 1924.

Noun

理智

1. reason; intellect

Adjective

理智

1. 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

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

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.)