理性

Chinese

		to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (理性)		理	性

Etymology

Attestable in ancient texts. Reborrowed from Japanese 理性(りせい) (risei).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ sing³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lî-sin
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lí-sèng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li² sên³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐsìng
    • Wade–Giles: li³-hsing⁴
    • Yale: lǐ-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liishinq
    • Palladius: лисин (lisin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ sing³
    • Yale: léih sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ sɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-sin
    • Hakka Romanization System: li´ xin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li¹ xin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: lí-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lysexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li² sên³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lí sèⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵²⁻³⁵ sẽ²¹³/

Noun

理性

1. reason; rationality

Adjective

理性

1. rational

Synonyms

• 理智 (lǐzhì)

Antonyms

• 感性 (gǎnxìng)

Derived terms

• 理性主義／理性主义 (lǐxìng zhǔyì)
• 理性化 (lǐxìnghuà)
• 理性自然人 (lǐxìng zìránrén)
• 理性認識／理性认识

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
理	性
り Grade: 2	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) りせー [rìséé] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) り​せー [ríꜜsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲise̞ː]

Noun

理(り)性(せい) • (risei) 

1. reason; logic; rationality

Korean

Hanja in this term
理	性

Noun

理性 • (iseong) (hangeul 이성)

1. Hanja form^? of 이성 (“rationality”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
理	性

Noun

理性

1. chữ Hán form of lý tính (“rationality”).