理 /lǐ/ ORDER, PAY ATTENTION (to somebody)
The character consists of 王 – it looks like /wáng/ A KING but here it represents /yù/ A JADE (precious stone that Chinese used for ritual purposes).
The other part is 里 /lǐ/ – it means INSIDE but more important is how it looks. It looks like A GRID.
This characters shows A GRID of veins in A JADE – and these veins are organised in certain ORDER.
TEST WHAT YOU KNOW
Pick the right character(s) for DIRECTOR
经理
jīnglǐ
DIRECTOR
管理
guǎnlǐ
MANAGER MANAGE
总理
zǒnglǐ
PREMIER
心理
xīnlǐ
PSYCHOLOGY
Pinyin
汉字
LEARN NEW
ORDER RELATED
ORDER
理
lǐ
lǐ
MANAGER
MANAGE
管理
guǎnlǐ
guǎnlǐ
DIRECTOR
经理
jīnglǐ
jīnglǐ
PREMIER
总理
zǒnglǐ
zǒnglǐ
PSYCHOLOGY
心理
xīnlǐ
xīnlǐ
The director has surely already decided.
Is director wang here?
王 经理 现在 在 不 在？
<Wáng jīnglǐ xiànzài zàibuzai?>
I don’t care what the manager says.
REASON / SENSE
When something is REASONABLE, there is a WAY 道 and there is ORDER 理.
REASON
SENSE
道理
dàolǐ
dàolǐ
The things that he said yesterday make sense.
他 昨天 说 的 东西 有 道理。
Tā zuótiān shuō de dōngxi yǒu dàolǐ.
Things that he says make no sense.
他 说 的 东西 没有 道理。
Tā shuō de dōngxi méiyǒu dàolǐ.
PAY ATTENTION
PAY ATTENTION
理
lǐ
lǐ
Don't pay attention to him.
别 理 他。
Bié lǐ tā.
