# 真理
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhēnlǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄌㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zan$^1$ lei$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n-lî
* Eastern Min (BUC): cĭng-lī
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zing$^1$ li$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chin-lí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zing$^1$ li$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tsen-li$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnlǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄌㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhenlǐ
*** Wade–Giles: chên$^1$-li$^3$
*** Yale: jēn-lǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenlii
*** Palladius: чжэньли (čžɛnʹli)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zan$^1$ lei$^5$
*** Yale: jān léih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzan$^1$ lei$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zen$^1$ léi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n-lî
*** Hakka Romanization System: ziin$^ˊ$ li$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zin$^1$ li$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cĭng-lī
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ $^{(l-)}$nˡi³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zing$^1$ li$^3$ [Phonetic: zing$^5$ li$^3$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cing-lî
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ li⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zing$^1$ li$^3$ [Phonetic: zing$^5$ li$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ li³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-lí
*** Tâi-lô: tsin-lí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cinlie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³ li⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zing$^1$ li$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsing lí
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siŋ³³⁻²³ li⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tsen-li$_6$
*** MiniDict: tsen$^平$ li$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tsen-li$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən⁵⁵ li²¹/

### Noun

真理
* truth
    普遍真理 ― pǔbiàn zhēnlǐ ― universal truth
    追求真理 ― zhuīqiú zhēnlǐ ― to seek truth
    堅持真理／坚持真理 ― jiānchí zhēnlǐ ― to uphold the truth

#### Antonyms

* 謬論／谬论 (miùlùn)
* 謬說／谬说 (miùshuō)

#### Derived terms

* 真理報 / 真理报 (Zhēnlǐbào)
* 真理越辯越明 / 真理越辩越明 (zhēnlǐ yuèbiànyuèmíng)

#### Related terms

* 道理 (dàolǐ)
* 情理 (qínglǐ)
* 原理 (yuánlǐ)
* 真諦／真谛 (zhēndì)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 真(しん)理(り) (shinri)
* → Korean: 진리(眞理) (jilli)
* → Vietnamese: chân lí (真理)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 真 | 理 |
| しん Grade: 3 | り Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 眞理 (kyūjitai)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しんり [shíꜜǹrì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɕĩn̺ɾʲi]

#### Noun

真(しん)理(り) • (shinri)
* truth

#### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 真 | 理 |
| ま Grade: 3 | り Grade: 2 |
| yutōyomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 眞理 (kyūjitai)

#### Proper noun

真(ま)理(り) • (Mari)
* a female given name

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 真 | 理 |

### Noun

真理 • (jilli) (hangeul 진리)
* Alternative form of 眞理 (“truth”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 真 | 理 |

### Noun

真理
* chữ Hán form of chân lí (“universal truth”).