豈有此理

See also: 岂有此理

Chinese

	how can it be that	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	this; these	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (豈有此理)	豈	有	此	理
simp. (岂有此理)	岂	有	此	理
Literally: “Whence such a rule?”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐyǒucǐlǐ
(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄘˇ ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² jau⁵ ci² lei⁵
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): khí-iú-chhú-lí
(Teochew, Peng'im): ki² u⁶ ce² li² / ka² u⁶ ce² li²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐyǒucǐlǐ [Phonetic: qíyǒucílǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄘˇ ㄌㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐyǒucǐhlǐ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-yu³-tzʻŭ³-li³
  - Yale: chǐ-yǒu-tsž-lǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiyeoutsyylii
  - Palladius: циюцыли (cijucyli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² jau⁵ ci² lei⁵
  - Yale: héi yáuh chí léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² jau⁵ tsi² lei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² yeo⁵ qi² léi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ jɐu̯¹³ t͡sʰiː³⁵ lei̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-iú-chhú-lí
  - Tâi-lô: khí-iú-tshú-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qyiwzhwlie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ li⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ki² u⁶ ce² li² / ka² u⁶ ce² li²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khí ŭ tshṳ́ lí / khá ŭ tshṳ́ lí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ u³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ li⁵²/, /kʰa⁵²⁻³⁵ u³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ li⁵²⁻²¹/

Idiom

豈有此理

preposterous; outrageous; absurd
嚇，豈有此理！／吓，岂有此理！ ― Hè, qǐyǒucǐlǐ! ― Tut-tut! Absurd!

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 有冇搞錯／有冇搞错

Derived terms

豈有此佢／岂有此佢