HSK 6 · Ideas

推理 tuīlǐ “reasoning” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 推理 means

  1. reasoning
  2. inference
  3. to deduce
  4. to infer

How to say 推理

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale推tuī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale理lǐ3rd tone, dipping

推理 in a sentence

  1. 我喜欢看推理小说。

    Wǒ xǐhuan kàn tuīlǐ xiǎoshuō.

    I love reading detective novels.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 根据这些线索，他推理出了答案。

    Gēnjù zhèxiē xiànsuǒ, tā tuīlǐ chū le dá'àn.

    From these clues, he worked out the answer.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 推理 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 推 (tuī) with each of its parts in a different colour
推tuīto push
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 隹 (zhuī) hints at the sound. Compare it with tuī.

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 推理

推 11 strokes · 理 11 strokes

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

Words related to 推理

Words with 推

推tuī · to push推迟tuīchí · to postpone推辞tuīcí · to decline (an offer or invitation)推荐tuījiàn · to recommend推广tuīguǎng · to promote推测tuīcè · to speculate推翻tuīfān · to overthrow推销tuīxiāo · to promote推论tuīlùn · inference

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

天堂tiāntáng · heaven条理tiáolǐ · order体系tǐxì · system统筹兼顾tǒngchóujiāngù · to plan as a whole and consider all aspects推论tuīlùn · inference途径tújìng · way突破tūpò · to break through外界wàijiè · the outside world

FAQs

推理 (tuīlǐ) means “reasoning” or “inference”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tuīlǐ: tuī with a 1st 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. 推理 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tuili with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 推理 from the suggestions. Typing tuili into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
推理 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.