| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 因 | 因 | yīn | - cause - reason - because |
| 故 | 故 | gù | - happening - instance - reason - cause - intentional - former - old - friend - therefore - hence - (of people) to die, dead |
| 理 | 理 | lǐ | - 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 |
| 由 | 由 | yóu | - to follow - from - it is for...to - reason - cause - because of - due to - to - to leave it (to sb) - by (introduces passive verb) |
| 缘 | 緣 | yuán | - cause - reason - karma - fate - predestined affinity - margin - hem - edge - along |
| 道 | 道 | dào | - direction - way - road - path - CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3] - 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) |
| 事理 | 事理 | shìlǐ | - reason - logic |
| 人情 | 人情 | rénqíng | - reason - human emotions - human interaction - social relationship - friendship - favor - a good turn |
| 来由 | 來由 | láiyóu | - reason - cause |
| 来头 | 來頭 | láitóu | - cause - reason - interest - influence |
| 原因 | 原因 | yuányīn | - cause - origin - root cause - reason - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 名堂 | 名堂 | míngtang | - variety - result - reason |
| 因由 | 因由 | yīnyóu | - reason - cause - predestined relationship (Buddhism) |
| 常情 | 常情 | chángqíng | - reason - sense |
| 思路 | 思路 | sīlù | - train of thought - thinking - reason - reasoning |
| 情理 | 情理 | qínglǐ | - reason - sense |
| 理儿 | 理兒 | lǐr | - reason |
| 理性 | 理性 | lǐxìng | - reason - rationality - rational |
| 理智 | 理智 | lǐzhì | - reason - intellect - rationality - rational |
| 理由 | 理由 | lǐyóu | - reason - grounds - justification - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 由头 | 由頭 | yóutou | - pretext - excuse - justification - reason |
| 缘故 | 緣故 | yuángù | - reason - cause |
| 缘由 | 緣由 | yuányóu | - reason - cause |
| 道理 | 道理 | dàoli | - reason - argument - sense - principle - basis - justification - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 合理性 | 合理性 | hélǐxìng | - reason - rationality - rationale - reasonableness |
| 乖 | 乖 | guāi | - (of a child) obedient, well-behaved - clever - shrewd - alert - perverse - contrary to reason - irregular - abnormal |
| 主因 | 主因 | zhǔyīn | - main reason |
| 同理 | 同理 | tónglǐ | - for the same reason |
| 因故 | 因故 | yīngù | - for some reason |
| 平白 | 平白 | píngbái | - for no reason - gratuitously |
| 按理 | 按理 | ànlǐ | - according to reason - in the ordinary course of events - normally |
| 据理 | 據理 | jùlǐ | - according to reason - in principle |
| 为此 | 為此 | wèicǐ | - for this reason - with regards to this - in this respect - in order to do this - to this end |
| 无故 | 無故 | wúgù | - without cause or reason |
| 无由 | 無由 | wúyóu | - to be unable (to do sth) - no reason to ... - without rhyme or reason |
| 照理 | 照理 | zhàolǐ | - according to reason - usually - in the normal course of events - to attend to |
| 真释 | 真釋 | zhēnshì | - true explanation - genuine reason |
| 碍难 | 礙難 | àinán | - inconvenient - difficult for some reason - to find sth embarrassing |
| 等闲 | 等閒 | děngxián | - ordinary - common - unimportant - idly - for no reason |
| 说理 | 說理 | shuōlǐ | - to reason - to argue logically |
| 说道 | 說道 | shuōdao | - to discuss - reason (behind sth) |
| 好端端 | 好端端 | hǎoduānduān | - perfectly all right - without rhyme or reason |
| 没来由 | 沒來由 | méiláiyóu | - without any reason - for no reason |
| 无端端 | 無端端 | wúduānduān | - for no reason |
| 不识时务 | 不識時務 | bùshíshíwù | - to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances - not amenable to reason |
| 不识时变 | 不識時變 | bùshíshíbiàn | - to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances - not amenable to reason |
| 不近人情 | 不近人情 | bùjìnrénqíng | - not amenable to reason - unreasonable |
| 丧心病狂 | 喪心病狂 | sàngxīnbìngkuáng | - frenzied (idiom); completely crazy and ridiculous - loss of reason - insane - crazed cruelty |
| 师出有名 | 師出有名 | shīchūyǒumíng | - lit. to have sufficient reason to send troops (idiom) - to do something with good reason - to have just cause |
| 正当理由 | 正當理由 | zhèngdànglǐyóu | - proper reason - reasonable grounds |
| 通情达理 | 通情達理 | tōngqíngdálǐ | - fair and reasonable (idiom); sensible - standing to reason |
| 无风不起浪 | 無風不起浪 | wúfēngbùqǐlàng | - lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason - no smoke without fire |
| 空穴来风未必无因 | 空穴來風未必無因 | kòngxuéláifēngwèibìwúyīn | - wind does not come from an empty cave without reason - there's no smoke without fire (idiom) |
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