理睬

Chinese

		to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure	pay attention; take notice of; to care for
simp. and trad. (理睬)		理	睬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐcǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄘㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ coi²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lí-chhái
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶li-tshe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐcǎi [Phonetic: lícǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄘㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐcǎi
    • Wade–Giles: li³-tsʻai³
    • Yale: lǐ-tsǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liitsae
    • Palladius: лицай (licaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ coi²
    • Yale: léih chói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ tsoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ coi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-chhái
    • Tâi-lô: lí-tshái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lyzhae
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶li-tshe
    • MiniDict: li^去 tshe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li-tshe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²² t͡sʰe⁴⁴/

Verb

理睬

1. to heed; to pay attention to

Usage notes

Often used with a negating verb such as 不 (bù) or 不予 (bùyǔ).

Synonyms

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• 張視 / 张视 (zang¹ si⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 插潲 (Hokkien)
• 插管 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 插趖 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 搭理 (colloquial)
• 理 (lǐ)
• 理會 / 理会 (lǐhuì)
• 理視 / 理视 (ni³ si⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 理落 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 耳視 / 耳视 (er³ si⁴) (Sichuanese)

Dialectal synonyms of 理 (“to be concerned with; to pay attention to”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		理, 管, 睬, 理睬, 理會
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	理, 搭理, 搭咯
	Taiwan	理, 管
	Singapore	理, 管
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	理, 搭理
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	招, 理
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	理, 睬, 理視, 耳視, 張視
	Wuhan	邇, 理, 睬
	Guilin	理
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	睬
	Hefei	理, 睬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	睬, 理, 騷
	Hong Kong	睬, 理, 騷
	Yangjiang	理, 睬
	Singapore (Guangfu)	理
Gan	Nanchang	理, 搭
Hakka	Meixian	睬, 唰
Jin	Taiyuan	理, 理睬
Northern Min	Jian'ou	理
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	叕, 插
Southern Min	Xiamen	插, 插趖, 插潲, 插管, 管待, 嘀厾, 理落
	Quanzhou	插, 插趖, 插潲, 嘀厾
	Zhangzhou	插, 插潲, 插管, 管待
	Tainan	插, 管, 管待
	Penang (Hokkien)	插潲
	Singapore (Hokkien)	插, 插潲, 管, 插管, 甩
	Manila (Hokkien)	插, 插潲, 管
	Chaozhou	睬
	Shantou	理
	Jieyang	睬
	Singapore (Teochew)	插
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	理
Wu	Shanghai	睬, 理 rare
	Suzhou	理, 睬
	Wenzhou	朝, 理
Xiang	Changsha	齒
	Shuangfeng	齒, 搭, 邇