常理

Chinese

		always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
simp. and trad. (常理)		常	理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chánglǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴ lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chánglǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chánglǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-li³
    • Yale: cháng-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charnglii
    • Palladius: чанли (čanli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chánglǐr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄧˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chánglǐr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-li³-ʼrh
    • Yale: cháng-lǐr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charnglieel
    • Palladius: чанлир (čanlir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ liə̯ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁴ lei⁵
    • Yale: sèuhng léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹ lei̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyang liX

Rime
Character	常	理
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	市羊切	良士切
Baxter	dzyang	liX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨɐŋ/	/lɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɐŋ/	/lɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiɑŋ/	/lieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑɨaŋ/	/lɨX/
Li Rong	/ʑiaŋ/	/liəX/
Wang Li	/ʑĭaŋ/	/lĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯aŋ/	/liX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cháng	lǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soeng4	lei5

Noun

常理

1. conventional reasoning; common sense; logic; nature

   不按常理出牌  ―  bù àn chánglǐ chūpái  ―  to act in an unconventional way

   有悖於常理／有悖于常理  ―  yǒubèiyú chánglǐ  ―  to be contrary to conventional reasoning

Synonyms

• 常識／常识 (chángshí)