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Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
dao4 li3	dou3, dou6 lei5	dou3, dou6 lei5	reason / argument / sense / principle / basis / justification

Traditional Chinese	Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
道 Learn more	dao4	dou3, dou6	dou3, dou6	direction / way / road / path / principle / truth / morality / reason / skill / method / Dao (of Daoism) / to say / to speak / to talk / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / province (of Korea or Japan)
理 Learn more	li3	lei5	lei5	texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up

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Traditional	Pinyin	Used for
個	ge4	general things; it's a catch-all measure word for individual things or units of something both abstract or physical objects

His justification is simple but profound.

She preached to the congregation about forgiveness.

Only by presenting facts and reasoning things out can we convince people.

I'll call him right now. No point in delaying.

Their intrusion into our private lives is unwarrantable.

There is much to be said for both sides of this question.

No amount of reasoning could shake him out of his conviction.

Using these missiles to down civilian aircraft is simply immoral and totally unjustifiable.

She dwelt on the duties of children to their parents.

Telling conservationists that we need to preserve the natural heritage really is preaching to the converted!

Phonetics:	ni3	nǐ
Tone colors (āáǎàa):	off	on