理念

Chinese

		to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure	to miss; to think of; to read to miss; to think of; to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; idea; remembrance; twenty
trad. (理念)		理	念
simp. #(理念)		理	念

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐniàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄋㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ nim⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lí-liām

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li² liem⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǐniàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄋㄧㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liiniann
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐniàn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ njɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ nim⁶
    • Yale: léih nihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ nim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ nim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ niːm²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-liām
    • Tâi-lô: lí-liām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lyliam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liam²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liam²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liam³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liam³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li² liem⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lí liṳ̆m
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵²⁻³⁵ liɯm³⁵/

Noun

理念

1. thought; idea
2. notion; concept; ideology; principle; philosophy

   設計理念 / 设计理念  ―  shèjì lǐniàn  ―  design concept

3. theory
4. conviction; faith; belief

Synonyms

• (thought):

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• 主意 (zhǔyì)
• 心思 (xīnsī)
• 志意 (zhìyì) (literary)
• 念 (niàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 念頭／念头 (niàntou)

• 思想 (sīxiǎng)
• 想法 (xiǎngfǎ)
• 想頭／想头 (xiǎngtou) (colloquial)
• 諗法／谂法 (Cantonese)
• 點子／点子 (diǎnzi)

• (notion):

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• 概念 (gàiniàn)
• 構思／构思 (gòusī)
• 構想／构想 (gòuxiǎng)

• 腦筋／脑筋 (nǎojīn)
• 觀念／观念 (guānniàn)

• (theory):

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• 學說／学说 (xuéshuō)
• 理想 (lǐxiǎng) (literary)

• 理論／理论 (lǐlùn)
• 說／说 (shuō) (literary, or in compounds)

• (conviction):

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• 信仰 (xìnyǎng)
• 信心 (xìnxīn)

• 信念 (xìnniàn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
理	念
り Grade: 2	ねん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾʲinẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

理(り)念(ねん) • (rinen) 

1. ideal
2. philosophy, ideology

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Korean

Hanja in this term
理	念

Noun

理念 • (inyeom) (hangeul 이념)

1. Hanja form^? of 이념 (“ideology; idea”).