HSK 6 · Ideas

情理 qínglǐ “reason” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 情理 means

  1. reason
  2. sense
  3. logic

How to say 情理

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale情qíng2nd 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

情理 in a sentence

  1. 他说的话不合情理。

    Tā shuō de huà bù hé qínglǐ.

    What he says is unreasonable.

    Sentence #3523955 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 情理 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 情 (qíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
情qíngfeelings; emotion; sentiment; passion
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 青blue-green · qīngSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 青 (qīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qíng.

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 情理

情 11 strokes · 理 11 strokes

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

Words related to 情理

Words with 情

事情shìqing · matter热情rèqíng · cordial爱情àiqíng · romance感情gǎnqíng · emotion同情tóngqíng · to sympathise with心情xīnqíng · mood情况qíngkuàng · circumstances表情biǎoqíng · (facial) expression情绪qíngxù · mood情景qíngjǐng · scene

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

前提qiántí · premise潜移默化qiányímòhuà · to influence subtly over time窍门qiàomén · knack起伏qǐfú · to rise and fall倾向qīngxiàng · tendency情形qíngxing · situation气势qìshì · momentum启示qǐshì · inspiration

FAQs

情理 (qínglǐ) means “reason” or “sense”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qínglǐ: qíng 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.
Yes. 情理 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qingli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 情理 from the suggestions. Typing qingli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
情理 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.