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Irrational in Chinese: 无理 (wú lǐ)

wú lǐ

irrational

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 無理1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1irrational
  2. 2unreasonable

Stroke order

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无
理

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ㄨˊ

wú

ㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

ㄌㄧˇ

lǐ

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

无理

Simplified

無理

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 你这么大声骂人，实在太无理了。

    nǐ zhè me dà shēng mà rén， shí zài tài wú lǐ le。

    Yelling and cursing at people like this is truly unreasonable.

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Related words

无

wú

not to have

理

lǐ

texture

经理

jīng lǐ

manager

管理

guǎn lǐ

to supervise

理发

lǐ fà

to get a haircut

理解

lǐ jiě

to comprehend

理想

lǐ xiǎng

an ideal

无聊

wú liáo

bored

无论

wú lùn

no matter what or how

整理

zhěng lǐ

to arrange

办理

bàn lǐ

to handle

处理

chǔ lǐ

to handle

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