理智

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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	wisdom; knowledge
simp. and trad. (理智)		理	智

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǐzhì

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ zi³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lî-chṳ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lí-tì

(Teochew, Peng'im): li² di³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǐzhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǐjhìh
  - Wade–Giles: li³-chih⁴
  - Yale: lǐ-jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liijyh
  - Palladius: личжи (ličži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    理智
    禮制／礼制
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁵ zi³
  - Yale: léih ji
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ dzi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ ji³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ t͡siː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-chṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: li^ˊ zii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li¹ zi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /li²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɨ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-tì
  - Tâi-lô: lí-tì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ly'dix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ti⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ti²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: li² di³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lí tì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵²⁻³⁵ ti²¹³/

Etymology 1

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 理(り)知(ち) (richi),^[1] first attested in 《藝術的創作與鑒賞》 by Feng Zikai in 1924.

Noun

理智

reason; intellect

Adjective

理智

reasonable; rational

Synonyms

冷靜／冷静 (lěngjìng)
在步 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
從容／从容
沉著 (chénzhuó)
淡定 (dàndìng)
清醒 (qīngxǐng)
精英 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
肅清／肃清 (sùqīng) (archaic)
自如 (zìrú) (literary)
自若 (zìruò) (literary)
鎮定／镇定 (zhèndìng)
鎮靜／镇静 (zhènjìng)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

理智

(～村) Lizhi (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)

References

^ 汉语外来词词典 (in Chinese), 1984, page 660

Japanese

Kanji in this term
理	智
り Grade: 2	ち Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 理智 – see the following entry.

【理知りち】

(This term, 理智, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)

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