理解

Chinese

		to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure	to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort
trad. (理解)		理	解
simp. ^#(理解)		理	解

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǐjiě

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ gaai²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lî-kié / lî-kiái
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lí-kái

(Teochew, Peng'im): li² goi²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶li-cia
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): li³ gai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǐjiě [Phonetic: líjiě]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǐjiě
  - Wade–Giles: li³-chieh³
  - Yale: lǐ-jyě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liijiee
  - Palladius: лицзе (licze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁵ gaai²
  - Yale: léih gáai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ gaai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ gai²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ kaːi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-kié
  - Hakka Romanization System: li´ gie`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li¹ gie³
  - Sinological IPA: /li²⁴ ki̯e³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-kiái
  - Hakka Romanization System: li´ giai`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li¹ giai³
  - Sinological IPA: /li²⁴ ki̯ai̯³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-kái
  - Tâi-lô: lí-kái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ly'kae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kai⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kai⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: li² goi²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lí kói
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵²⁻³⁵ koi⁵²⁻²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶li-cia
  - MiniDict: li^去 cia
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li-jia
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²² t͡ɕia⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: li³ gai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁴¹ kai̯⁴¹/

Verb

理解

to understand; to comprehend

Synonyms

了解 (liǎojiě)
佔有／占有 (zhànyǒu)
分曉／分晓 (fēnxiǎo)
參悟／参悟 (cānwù)
悟 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
懂 (dǒng)
懂得 (dǒngde)
打生 (Wenzhounese)
把握 (bǎwò)
掌握 (zhǎngwò)
明 (ming⁴) (Cantonese)
明白
明瞭／明了 (míngliǎo)
曉得／晓得 (xiǎode)
會悟／会悟 (huìwù) (literary)
洞悉 (dòngxī)
清亮 (mainland China)
清楚
熟似 (Hokkien)
熟悉 (shúxī)
熟稔 (shúrěn) (literary)
熟識／熟识 (shúshí)
理會／理会 (lǐhuì)
瞭悟／了悟 (liǎowù) (literary)
知影 (Hokkien, Teochew)
知悉 (zhīxī) (literary)
知曉／知晓 (zhīxiǎo)
知識／知识 (zhīshí) (literary)
知道
覺／觉
覺悟／觉悟 (juéwù)
覺醒／觉醒 (juéxǐng)
認識／认识
諳曉／谙晓 (ānxiǎo) (literary)
諳達／谙达 (āndá) (literary)
貫通／贯通 (guàntōng)
通曉／通晓 (tōngxiǎo)
通解 (tōngjiě) (literary)
通達／通达 (tōngdá)
達／达 (literary, or in compounds)
醒悟 (xǐngwù)
開悟／开悟 (kāiwù) (literary)
領悟／领悟 (lǐngwù)
領會／领会 (lǐnghuì)
領略／领略 (lǐnglüè)

Derived terms

不可理解
前理解
可理解 (kělǐjiě)
理解力 (lǐjiělì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
理	解
り Grade: 2	かい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

理(り)解(かい) • (rikai)

Derived terms

Verb

理(り)解(かい)する • (rikai suru) transitive suru (stem 理(り)解(かい)し (rikai shi), past 理(り)解(かい)した (rikai shita))

Conjugation

Conjugation of "" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")			rikai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")			rikai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")			rikai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")			rikai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")			rikai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	¹ ²	¹ ²	rikai seyo¹ rikai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive			rikai sareru
Causative			rikai saseru rikai sasu
Potential			rikai dekiru
Volitional			rikai shiyō
Negative			rikai shinai
Negative continuative			rikai sezu
Formal			rikai shimasu
Perfective			rikai shita
Conjunctive			rikai shite
Hypothetical conditional			rikai sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
理	解

Noun

理解 • (ihae) (hangeul 이해)

Hanja form^? of 이해 (“understanding, comprehension”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
理	解

Noun

理解

chữ Hán form of lí giải (“to explain; to describe; to interpret”).