理由

Chinese

		to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure	follow; from; it is for...to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to sb)
simp. and trad. (理由)		理	由

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǐyóu

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ jau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lî-yù
Min Nan (POJ): lí-iû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǐyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liiyou
  - IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁵ jau⁴
  - Yale: léih yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ jau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ yeo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ jɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-yù
  - Hakka Romanization System: li´ iuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li¹ yiu²
  - IPA: /li²⁴ i̯u¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-yù
  - Hakka Romanization System: li´ (r)iuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li¹ yiu²
  - IPA: /li²⁴ (j)i̯u¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-iû
  - Tâi-lô: lí-iû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lyiuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iu²³/

Noun

理由

reason; grounds; justification

Synonyms

原因 (yuányīn)
緣故／缘故 (yuángù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
理	由
り Grade: 2	ゆう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) りゆう [rìyúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɾʲijɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

理由 (hiragana りゆう, rōmaji riyū, historical hiragana りいう) (alternative reading hiragana わけ, romaji wake)

a reason
- 2016 April 23, “弱じゃく者しゃの消しょう耗もう [Consume the Meek]”, in エルドラージ覚醒 [Eldrazi Awakening], Wizards of the Coast:
  
  「それはなぜ破 (は)壊 (かい)するのかだと？それがそうするからだ。理 (り)由 (ゆう)を語 (かた)るなど時 (じ)間 (かん)と呼 (こ)吸 (きゅう)の無 (む)駄 (だ)だ。」
  “Sore wa naze hakaisuru no ka da to? Sore ga sō suru kara da. Riyū o kataru nado jikan to kokyū no muda da.”
  “Why does it destroy? It does, and to talk of reasons wastes time and breath.”
a motive

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
理	由

Noun

理由 • (iyu) (hangeul 이유)

Hanja form^? of 이유 (“reason”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
理	由

Noun

理由

Hán tự form of lí do/lý do (“reason; cause; excuse; justification”).

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