HSK 6 · Society

审理 shěnlǐ “to hear (a case)” in Chinese

Said as shénlǐ

Traditional 審理

What 审理 means

  1. to hear (a case)
  2. to try

How to say 审理

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale审shěn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale理lǐ3rd tone, dipping

Said as shénlǐ. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

审理 in a sentence

  1. 哪一位法官审理此案？

    Nǎ yí wèi fǎguān shěnlǐ cǐ àn?

    Which judge is hearing this case?

    Sentence #836274 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 审理 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 审 (shěn) with each of its parts in a different colour
审shěnto examine
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 申to report · shēnSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 申 (shēn) hints at the sound. Compare it with shěn.

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 审理

审 8 strokes · 理 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 审理

Words with 审

审查shěnchá · to examine审判shěnpàn · to try (in court)审美shěnměi · aesthetic

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: Society & Law

申报shēnbào · to declare审查shěnchá · to examine生效shēngxiào · to take effect盛行shèngxíng · to be popular审判shěnpàn · to try (in court)社区shèqū · community释放shìfàng · to release事故shìgù · accident

FAQs

审理 (shěnlǐ) means “to hear (a case)” or “to try”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shěnlǐ: shěn with a 3rd tone, then lǐ with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like shénlǐ. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. 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, 审理 is written 審理. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shenli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 审理 from the suggestions. Typing shenli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
审理 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.