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Reason in Chinese: 理性 (lǐ xìng)

lǐ xìng

reason

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1reason
  2. 2rationality
  3. 3rational

Stroke order

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理
性

Zhuyin

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ㄌㄧˇ

lǐ

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

ㄒㄧㄥˋ

xìng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 遇到问题要理性地分析。

    yù dào wèn tí yào lǐ xìng dì fēn xī。

    When you run into a problem, you should analyze it rationally.

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Related words

性

xìng

nature

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

性别

xìng bié

gender

性格

xìng gé

nature

整理

zhěng lǐ

to arrange

办理

bàn lǐ

to handle

处理

chǔ lǐ

to handle

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