HSK 6 · Ideas

条理 tiáolǐ “order” in Chinese

Traditional 條理

What 条理 means

  1. order
  2. logical arrangement
  3. coherence
  4. arrangement
  5. tidiness

How to say 条理

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale条tiáo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale理lǐ3rd tone, dipping

条理 in a sentence

  1. 我是个有决心、有条理、有责任的人。

    Wǒ shì ge yǒu juéxīn, yǒu tiáolǐ, yǒu zérèn de rén.

    I’m a determined, organised and responsible person.

    Sentence #4764593 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 威廉做事很有条理，他总是能把一切都打点好。

    Wēilián zuòshì hěn yǒu tiáolǐ, tā zǒngshì néng bǎ yíqiè dōu dǎdian hǎo.

    William is very organised; he always has everything taken care of.

    Sentence #13914758 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 条理 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 条 (tiáo) with each of its parts in a different colour
条tiáostrip
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • 木tree · mù

Memory aidTree 木 gives the meaning: a twig, so the measure word for long, thin things.

The character 理 (lǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
理lǐtexture
  • 王king · wángMeaning part
  • 里village · lǐSound part

王 hints at the meaning (king); 里 (lǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with lǐ.

Memory aid王 here is jade 玉: cutting jade along its grain. 里 (lǐ) gives the sound: to put in order, reason.

How to write 条理

条 7 strokes · 理 11 strokes

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条理 (tiáolǐ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 条理 (tiáolǐ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 条理

Words with 条

面条儿miàntiáor · noodles面条miàntiáo · noodles条tiáo · strip条件tiáojiàn · condition苗条miáotiao · (of a woman) slim条款tiáokuǎn · clause条约tiáoyuē · treaty便条biàntiáo · informal note有条不紊yǒutiáobùwěn · orderly

Words with 理

经理jīnglǐ · manager理解lǐjiě · to comprehend理想lǐxiǎng · an ideal理发lǐfà · to get a haircut修理xiūlǐ · to repair整理zhěnglǐ · to arrange管理guǎnlǐ · to supervise办理bànlǐ · to handle处理chǔlǐ · to handle合理hélǐ · rational

More words: Ideas & Concepts

特长tècháng · strength天才tiāncái · genius天赋tiānfù · natural talent天堂tiāntáng · heaven体系tǐxì · system统筹兼顾tǒngchóujiāngù · to plan as a whole and consider all aspects推理tuīlǐ · reasoning推论tuīlùn · inference

FAQs

条理 (tiáolǐ) means “order” or “logical arrangement”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tiáolǐ: tiáo with a 2nd tone, then lǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 条理 is written 條理. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tiaoli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 条理 from the suggestions. Typing tiaoli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
条理 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.