道
理

Reason in Chinese: 道理 (dào li)

dào li

reason

HSK 3.0 Level 22 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1reason
  2. 2argument
  3. 3sense
  4. 4principle
  5. 5basis
  6. 6justification

Stroke order

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道
理

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄠˋ

dào

ㄉ/ dㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

˙ㄌㄧ

li

˙/ neutral toneㄌ/ lㄧ/ i

Example sentences

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  • 你有道理。

    nǐ yǒu dào lǐ。

    You're right.

  • 是什么道理？

    shì shén me dào lǐ？

    What's the reason?

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Related words

道

dào

road

理

lǐ

texture

知道

zhī dào

to know

街道

jiē dào

street

经理

jīng lǐ

manager

报道

bào dào

to report (news)

道歉

dào qiàn

to apologize

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

难道

nán dào

don't tell me ...

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