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There are 22 total results for your 理性 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

理性

see styles
lǐ xìng
    li3 xing4
li hsing
 risei / rise
    りせい
reason; rationality; rational
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
Absolute nature, immutable reality, fundamental principle or character.

理性的

see styles
 riseiteki / riseteki
    りせいてき
(adjectival noun) rational

理性論

see styles
 riseiron / riseron
    りせいろん
(See 合理主義) rationalism

理性院

see styles
lǐ xìng yuàn
    li3 xing4 yuan4
li hsing yüan
 riseiin / risen
    りせいいん
(surname) Riseiin
Rishōin

倫理性

see styles
 rinrisei / rinrise
    りんりせい
morality

合理性

see styles
hé lǐ xìng
    he2 li3 xing4
ho li hsing
 gourisei / gorise
    ごうりせい
reason; rationality; rationale; reasonableness
rationality; reasonableness

生理性

see styles
shēng lǐ xìng
    sheng1 li3 xing4
sheng li hsing
physiological

理性の箍

see styles
 riseinotaga / risenotaga
    りせいのたが
(expression) the bounds of reason; the limits of (common) sense

理性主義


理性主义

see styles
lǐ xìng zhǔ yì
    li3 xing4 zhu3 yi4
li hsing chu i
rationalism

理性知識


理性知识

see styles
lǐ xìng zhī shi
    li3 xing4 zhi1 shi5
li hsing chih shih
rational knowledge

理性認識


理性认识

see styles
lǐ xìng rèn shi
    li3 xing4 ren4 shi5
li hsing jen shih
cognition; rational knowledge

実践理性

see styles
 jissenrisei / jissenrise
    じっせんりせい
practical reason or ethics

物理性質


物理性质

see styles
wù lǐ xìng zhì
    wu4 li3 xing4 zhi4
wu li hsing chih
physical property

純粋理性

see styles
 junsuirisei / junsuirise
    じゅんすいりせい
(Kantian) pure reason

理性のたが

see styles
 riseinotaga / risenotaga
    りせいのたが
(expression) the bounds of reason; the limits of (common) sense

理性與感性


理性与感性

see styles
lǐ xìng yǔ gǎn xìng
    li3 xing4 yu3 gan3 xing4
li hsing yü kan hsing
Sense and Sensibility, novel by Jane Austen 珍·奧斯汀|珍·奥斯汀[Zhen1 · Ao4 si1 ting1]

合理性検査

see styles
 gouriseikensa / gorisekensa
    ごうりせいけんさ
{comp} reasonableness check

理性に訴える

see styles
 riseiniuttaeru / riseniuttaeru
    りせいにうったえる
(exp,v1) to appeal to one's reason

実践理性批判

see styles
 jissenriseihihan / jissenrisehihan
    じっせんりせいひはん
(work) Critique of Practical Reason (Kant); (wk) Critique of Practical Reason (Kant)

純粋理性批判

see styles
 junsuiriseihihan / junsuirisehihan
    じゅんすいりせいひはん
(work) Critique of Pure Reason (Kant); Kritik der reinen Vernunft; (wk) Critique of Pure Reason (Kant); Kritik der reinen Vernunft

実践理性の要請

see styles
 jissenriseinoyousei / jissenrisenoyose
    じっせんりせいのようせい
(exp,n) {phil} postulates of practical reason

Variations:
理性のタガ
理性の箍
理性のたが

see styles
 riseinotaga(理性no箍, 理性notaga); riseinotaga(理性notaga) / risenotaga(理性no箍, 理性notaga); risenotaga(理性notaga)
    りせいのたが(理性の箍, 理性のたが); りせいのタガ(理性のタガ)
(expression) the bounds of reason; the limits of (common) sense

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 22 results for "理性" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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