有理

yǒulǐ

adjective #36,129

Meanings

Tā shuō de yǒulǐ, wǒ méi huà fǎnbó.

What he said is reasonable; I have no counter-argument.

Yǒulǐ zǒu biàn tiānxià.

With reason on your side, you can go anywhere in the world.

Fēnshù yě shǔyú yǒulǐshù.

Fractions also belong to the rational numbers.

usage

In everyday speech: 'reasonable, justified' (他说得有理). In mathematics: 'rational' (有理数 = rational number, opposed to 无理数 = irrational number).

有 yǒu

理 lǐ