理

HSK 6#1714 by frequencyradical 王

lǐ["v","n"]

reason; logic; to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up; texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics)

Examples

不理她。

Don't pay attention to her.

不用理他。

Do not take any notice of him.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.