理性 meaning in English

lǐxìng

reason; rationality

HSK 7-9adjectivenoun19 strokes

Meaning of 理性

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lǐxìng

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

人rén的de行xíng为wéi不bù总zǒng是shì理lǐ性xìng的de。

People don't always behave rationally.

我wǒ感gǎn情qíng上shàng支zhī持chí，但dàn是shì理lǐ性xìng上shàng反fǎn对duì。

I agree on an emotional level, but on the pragmatic level I disagree.

保bǎo持chí理lǐ性xìng的de思sī维wéi。

Maintain rational thought.

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.

灵líng魂hún是shì由yóu理lǐ性xìng、意yì志zhì和hé情qíng欲yù构gòu成chéng的de。

The soul is made up of reason, determination, and passion.

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Words that share a character with 理性.

道理	dàolǐ	reason; argument
经理	jīnglǐ	manager; director
理想	lǐxiǎng	an ideal; a dream
处理	chǔlǐ	to handle; to deal with; to punish
理解	lǐjiě	to comprehend; to understand
理由	lǐyóu	reason; grounds
理论	lǐlùn	theory; to argue
管理	guǎnlǐ	to supervise; to manage
整理	zhěnglǐ	to arrange; to tidy up
合理	hélǐ	rational; reasonable; sensible; fair
性格	xìnggé	nature; disposition
个性	gèxìng	individuality; personality

What does 理性 mean?

理性 (lǐxìng) means "reason; rationality" and is used as a adjective and noun.

How do you write 理性?

理性 is made of 2 characters: 理 (11 strokes), 性 (8 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 理性 an HSK word?

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