推理

tuīlǐ

verb HSK 7 #8,609

Meanings

1 to reason
2 to deduce
3 reasoning; inference

Characters

to push; to deduce

reason; logic; principle

Examples

他很擅长逻辑推理。

Tā hěn shàncháng luóji tuīlǐ.

He is very good at logical reasoning.

这部推理小说很好看。

Zhè bù tuīlǐ xiǎoshuō hěn hǎokàn.

This detective novel is very good.

Tips

usage

推理 is used both as a verb ('to reason') and as a modifier, especially in 推理小说 (detective/mystery novel) and 推理剧 (mystery drama).

Stroke Order

推 tuī

理 lǐ