理性

Chinese

		to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (理性)		理	性

Etymology

Attestable in ancient texts. Reborrowed from Japanese 理性(りせい) (risei).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǐxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ sing³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lî-sin
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): lí-sèng

(Teochew, Peng'im): li² sên³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǐxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǐsìng
  - Wade–Giles: li³-hsing⁴
  - Yale: lǐ-syìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liishinq
  - Palladius: лисин (lisin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁵ sing³
  - Yale: léih sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ xing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ sɪŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-sin
  - Hakka Romanization System: li´ xin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li¹ xin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /li²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: lí-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lysexng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: li² sên³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lí sèⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵²⁻³⁵ sẽ²¹³/

Noun

理性

reason; rationality

Adjective

理性

rational

Synonyms

理智 (lǐzhì)

Antonyms

感性 (gǎnxìng)

Derived terms

理性主義／理性主义 (lǐxìng zhǔyì)
理性化 (lǐxìnghuà)
理性自然人 (lǐxìng zìránrén)
理性認識／理性认识

Japanese

Kanji in this term
理	性
り Grade: 2	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) りせー [rìséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
(Tokyo) りせー [ríꜜsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɾʲise̞ː]

Noun

理(り)性(せい) • (risei)

reason; logic; rationality

References

1960, Hirayama Teruo (平山輝男, editor), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”), (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
理	性

Noun

理性 • (iseong) (hangeul 이성)

Hanja form^? of 이성 (“rationality”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
理	性

Noun

理性

chữ Hán form of lý tính (“rationality”).

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