理由

理由

Chinese

		to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure	follow; from; it is for...to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to sb)
simp. and trad. (理由)		理	由

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ jau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lî-yù
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lí-iû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li² iu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐyóu
    • Wade–Giles: li³-yu²
    • Yale: lǐ-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liiyou
    • Palladius: лию (liju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ joʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (理由兒／理由儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐyóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐyóur
    • Wade–Giles: li³-yurh²
    • Yale: lǐ-yóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liiyoul
    • Palladius: лиюр (lijur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ jɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ jau⁴
    • Yale: léih yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ jɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-yù
    • Hakka Romanization System: li´ iuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li¹ yiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /li²⁴ i̯u¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-yù
    • Hakka Romanization System: li´ (r)iuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li¹ yiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /li²⁴ (j)i̯u¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-iû
    • Tâi-lô: lí-iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lyiuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li² iu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lí iû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵²⁻³⁵ iu⁵⁵/

Noun

理由

1. reason; grounds; justification

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 理由

原因 (yuányīn) 因由 (yīnyóu) 因端 (Min Nan) 因致端 (Min Nan) 基因 (jīyīn) (dated) 成因 (chéngyīn) 所以然 (suǒyǐrán) 根由 (gēnyóu) 肇因 (zhàoyīn)

言因 (Anxi Hokkien) 起因 (qǐyīn) 道理 (dàolǐ) 來由／来由 (láiyóu) 張本／张本 (zhāngběn) (literary) 緣故／缘故 (yuángù) 緣由／缘由 (yuányóu) 緣起／缘起 (yuánqǐ) 關係／关系 (guānxì)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
理	由
り Grade: 2	ゆう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) りゆう [rìyúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲijɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

理(り)由(ゆう) • (riyū) ^{←りいう (riiu)?}

1. a reason
   • 2016 April 23, “弱(じゃく)者(しゃ)の消(しょう)耗(もう) [Consume the Meek]”, in エルドラージ覚醒 [Eldrazi Awakening], Wizards of the Coast:

     「それはなぜ破(は)壊(かい)するのかだと？それがそうするからだ。理(り)由(ゆう)を語(かた)るなど時(じ)間(かん)と呼(こ)吸(きゅう)の無(む)駄(だ)だ。」

     “Sore wa naze hakaisuru no ka da to? Sore ga sō suru kara da. Riyū o kataru nado jikan to kokyū no muda da.”

     “Why does it destroy? It does, and to talk of reasons wastes time and breath.”

2. a motive

See also

• 原(げん)因(いん) (gen'in, “cause”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
理	由
わけ
Grade: 2	Grade: 3
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 理由 – see the following entry.

【わけ】 [noun] 訳, 理由: reason (for), cause Alternative spellings 訳, 理由

(This term, 理由, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
理	由

Noun

理由 • (iyu) (hangeul 이유)

1. Hanja form^? of 이유 (“reason”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
理	由

Noun

理由

1. chữ Hán form of lí do/lý do (“reason; cause; excuse; justification”).