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講道理

講道理

See also: 讲道理

Chinese

		to talk; speech; to speak to talk; speech; to speak; to tell; to explain	reason; argument; logic
trad. (講道理)		講	道理
simp. (讲道理)		讲	道理

Verb

講道理

to talk sense; to speak sensibly; to talk reason

人是不能跟瘋子講道理的。 [MSC, trad.]

人是不能跟疯子讲道理的。 [MSC, simp.]

Rén shì bùnéng gēn fēngzi jiǎngdàolǐ de. [Pinyin]

You can't talk reason with crazy people.

Adverb

講道理

(neologism) to be honest; frankly

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jiǎngdàolǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gong² dou⁶ lei⁵
Min Nan (POJ): kóng-tō-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiǎngdàolǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeangdawlii
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gong² dou⁶ lei⁵
  - Yale: góng douh léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gong² dou⁶ lei⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³⁵ tou̯²² lei̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóng-tō-lí
  - Tâi-lô: kóng-tō-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofngdoixlie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɤ²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɤ⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɤ²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/