搭理

Chinese

		build (scaffolding); take (boat, train); hang build (scaffolding); take (boat, train); hang; join; match; take passage	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (搭理)		搭	理
simp. #(搭理)		搭	理
alternative forms		答理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāli, dālǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚ ˙ㄌㄧ, ㄉㄚ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daap³ lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāli
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚ ˙ㄌㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dali̊
    • Wade–Giles: ta¹-li⁵
    • Yale: dā-li
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: da.li
    • Palladius: дали (dali)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵⁵ li²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dālǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dalǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ta¹-li³
    • Yale: dā-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dalii
    • Palladius: дали (dali)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daap³ lei⁵
    • Yale: daap léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daap⁸ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dab³ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːp̚³ lei̯¹³/

Verb

搭理

1. (colloquial) to give one's attention to; to pay attention to; to respond to

   • 寶玉便和彩霞說笑，只見彩霞淡淡的，不大答理，兩眼睛只向賈環處看。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     宝玉便和彩霞说笑，只见彩霞淡淡的，不大答理，两眼睛只向贾环处看。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Bǎoyù biàn hé Cǎixiá shuōxiào, zhǐ jiàn Cǎixiá dàndàn de, bù dà dālǐ, liǎng yǎnjīng zhǐ xiàng Jiǎ Huán chù kàn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• 張視／张视 (zang¹ si⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 插潲 (Hokkien)
• 插管 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 插趖 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 理 (lǐ)
• 理會／理会 (lǐhuì)
• 理睬 (lǐcǎi)
• 理視／理视 (ni³ si⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 理落 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 耳視／耳视 (er³ si⁴) (Sichuanese)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 理 (“to be concerned with; to pay attention to”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		理, 管, 睬, 理睬, 理會
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	理, 搭理, 搭咯
	Taiwan	理, 管
	Singapore	理, 管
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	理, 搭理
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	招, 理
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	理, 睬
	Wuhan	邇, 理, 睬
	Guilin	理
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	睬
	Hefei	理, 睬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	睬, 理, 騷
	Hong Kong	睬, 理, 騷
	Yangjiang	理, 睬
	Singapore (Guangfu)	理
Gan	Nanchang	理, 搭
Hakka	Meixian	睬, 唰
Jin	Taiyuan	理, 理睬
Northern Min	Jian'ou	理
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	叕, 插
Southern Min	Xiamen	插, 插趖, 插潲, 插管, 管待, 嘀厾
	Quanzhou	插, 插趖, 插潲, 嘀厾
	Zhangzhou	插, 插潲, 插管, 管待
	Tainan	插, 管, 管待
	Penang (Hokkien)	插潲
	Singapore (Hokkien)	插, 插潲, 管, 插管, 甩
	Manila (Hokkien)	插, 插潲
	Chaozhou	睬
	Shantou	理
	Singapore (Teochew)	插
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	理
Wu	Shanghai	睬, 理 rare
	Suzhou	理, 睬
	Wenzhou	朝, 理
Xiang	Changsha	齒
	Shuangfeng	齒, 搭, 邇