理事

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Chinese

to manage; to heed; to put in order
to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
 
matter; thing; item
matter; thing; item; work; affair
 
simp. and trad.
(理事)
anagram 事理

Pronunciation


Noun

理事

  1. member of a council; director

Derived terms

Verb

理事

  1. (literary) to take care of matters; to attend to business

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “理事”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 357.

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Literary Chinese 理事 (lǐshì, to arrange matters). The sense evolved into "director", as in "a person who arranges matters". Compare 執事 (shitsuji, butler, literally to execute matters), 判事 (hanji, judge, literally to judge matters).

Pronunciation

Noun

()() (riji

  1. director
  2. board of directors

Descendants

  • Chinese: 理事 (lǐshì)
  • Korean: 이사 (isa)
  • Vietnamese: lí sự

References

  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

理事 (isa) (hangeul 이사)

  1. hanja form? of 이사 (director of a company; trustee of a corporation)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

理事

  1. chữ Hán form of lí sự (bad points or arguments based on poor or contrived reasoning).

Verb

理事

  1. chữ Hán form of lí sự (to make bad points or arguments based on poor or contrived reasoning).