言之有理

Chinese

		to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	's; him/her/it; this	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (言之有理)		言	之	有	理
simp. #(言之有理)		言	之	有	理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánzhīyǒulǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ zi¹ jau⁵ lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánzhīyǒulǐ [Phonetic: yánzhīyóulǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánjhihyǒulǐ
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-chih¹-yu³-li³
    • Yale: yán-jr̄-yǒu-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanjyyeoulii
    • Palladius: яньчжиюли (janʹčžijuli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ zi¹ jau⁵ lei⁵
    • Yale: yìhn jī yáuh léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ dzi¹ jau⁵ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ ji¹ yeo⁵ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ lei̯¹³/

Idiom

言之有理

1. to speak in a rational or convincing way; to sound reasonable

Synonyms

• 言之成理 (yánzhīchénglǐ)

See also

• 言之有物