Meaning of 逻辑
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- (loanword) logic
How to use 逻辑
逻辑 is used for the logic of an argument, a story, or a person's thinking, and it often appears in phrases like 有逻辑 (yǒu luójí, logical) and 没有逻辑 (méiyǒu luójí, illogical). Example: 他的话没有逻辑。(Tā de huà méiyǒu luójí.) What he says makes no sense logically.
逻辑 (luójí) is a sound loanword for "logic": say luó-jí quickly and you hear "lo-gic." Picture 逻 (luó), as in 巡逻 (xúnluó, to patrol), walking step by step, and 辑 (jí), as in 编辑 (biānjí, to edit), putting pieces in order. Logic means moving through ideas in order.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 辑 (jí) with 缉 (jī) or 揖 (yī), which share the same right side. In 逻辑 it is always the car radical 车 on the left. Also keep the second tone on jí, even though the dictionary notes a casual neutral-tone reading luóji.
逻辑 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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逻 luó · to patrol · 11 strokes
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辑 jí · to gather · 13 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 逻辑.
Questions about 逻辑
What does 逻辑 mean?
逻辑 (luójí) means "(loanword) logic" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 逻辑?
逻辑 is made of 2 characters: 逻 (11 strokes), 辑 (13 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.
Is 逻辑 an HSK word?
Yes. 逻辑 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 逻辑 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 逻辑 is written 邏輯.
How do you say "logical" in Chinese using 逻辑?
The most common ways are 有逻辑 (yǒu luójí) or 逻辑性强 (luójíxìng qiáng, highly logical). For example, 这篇文章很有逻辑。(Zhè piān wénzhāng hěn yǒu luójí.) means This article is very logical.
Is 逻辑 only used in academic contexts?
No. It is used in everyday speech too, for example when complaining that something doesn't make sense: 这是什么逻辑？(Zhè shì shénme luójí?) What kind of logic is that? It also names the academic subject, as in 逻辑学 (luójíxué, the study of logic).