道理

Character by character

• 道dào13 strokesHSK 1path, road, street; method, way
• 理lǐ11 strokesHSK 2reason, logic; manage

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 有道理。

  Yǒu dào li

  Yes, that makes sense.

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• 你有道理。

  Nǐ yǒu dào li

  You're right.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 道理. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 知道zhī dàoHSK 1

  to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhī dao]

• 道dàoHSK 2

  road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)

• 处理chǔ lǐHSK 3

  to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices

• 理解lǐ jiěHSK 3

  to comprehend; to understand

• 报道bào dàoHSK 3

  to report (news); report

• 难道nán dàoHSK 3

  don't tell me ...; could it be that...?

• 心理xīn lǐHSK 4

  psychology; mentality

• 管理guǎn lǐHSK 3

  to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration

• 理由lǐ yóuHSK 3

  reason; grounds; justification

• 理论lǐ lùnHSK 3

  theory; to argue; to take notice of

• 味道wèi daoHSK 2

  flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor

• 理lǐHSK 6

  texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up

• 经理jīng lǐHSK 2

  manager; director

• 合理hé lǐHSK 3

  rational; reasonable; sensible; fair

• 道路dào lùHSK 2

  road; path; way

• 道德dào déHSK 5

  virtue; morality; ethics

• 理想lǐ xiǎngHSK 2

  an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect

• 整理zhěng lǐHSK 3

  to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage)

• 清理qīng lǐHSK 5

  to clear up; to tidy up; to dispose of

• 频道pín dàoHSK 5

  frequency; (television) channel

• 道歉dào qiànHSK 6

  to apologize

• 通道tōng dàoHSK 6

  (communications) channel; thoroughfare; passage

• 街道jiē dàoHSK 4

  street; subdistrict; residential district

• 助理zhù lǐHSK 5

  assistant