无理 meaning in English

wúlǐ

irrational; unreasonable

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 無理15 strokes

Meaning of 无理

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

wúlǐ
  1. irrational
  2. unreasonable

无理 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

对duì不bù起qǐ,我wǒ太tài无wú理lǐ了le。
I'm sorry I was so rude.
她tā在zài无wú理lǐ取qǔ闹nào。
She's asking for the impossible.
没méi有yǒu男nán人rén有yǒu能néng把bǎ控kòng住zhù女nǚ性xìng理lǐ性xìng的de想xiǎng象xiàng力lì,这zhè就jiù是shì为wèi什shén么me它tā被bèi说shuō无wú理lǐ。
No man has the imagination required to grasp female reason, which is why it is called unreasonable.
我wǒ们men绝jué不bú会huì接jiē受shòu这zhè些xiē横hèng蛮mán无wú理lǐ的de要yāo求qiú。
We mustn't give way to these impudent demands.
无wú理lǐ由yóu乱luàn发fà脾pí气qì会huì让ràng别bié人rén反fǎn感gǎn。
Losing your temper for no reason would invite the resentment of others.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

无 wú · not to have · 4 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

理 lǐ · texture · 11 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
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Related words

Words that share a character with 无理.

道理dàolǐreason; argument
经理jīnglǐmanager; director
理想lǐxiǎngan ideal; a dream
处理chǔlǐto handle; to deal with; to punish
理解lǐjiěto comprehend; to understand
理由lǐyóureason; grounds
理论lǐlùntheory; to argue
管理guǎnlǐto supervise; to manage
整理zhěnglǐto arrange; to tidy up
合理hélǐrational; reasonable; sensible; fair
理发lǐfàto get a haircut; to have one's hair done; to cut (sb's) hair; to give (sb) a haircut
办理bànlǐto handle; to transact; to conduct

Questions about 无理

What does 无理 mean?

无理 (wúlǐ) means "irrational; unreasonable" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 无理?

无理 is made of 2 characters: 无 (4 strokes), 理 (11 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 无理 an HSK word?

Yes. 无理 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 无理 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 无理 is written 無理.