| 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 |
| 理 | texture grain (of wood) inner essence |
| 理事 | member of council |
| 理事会 | council |
| 理事国 | member of the UN Security Council |
| 理事长 | director general |
| 理亏 | in the wrong |
| 理亏心虚 | be inwardly guilty |
| 理会 | to understand to pay attention to to take notice of |
| 理光 | Ricoh, Japanese imaging and electronics company |
| 理出头绪 | to gather up the threads; to get things into shape |
| 理则 | principle |
| 理则学 | logic |
| 理化 | physical and chemical |
| 理化因素 | physical and chemical factors |
| 理县 | Li county (Tibetan: li rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州 |
| 理发 | a barber hairdressing |
| 理发剪 | clippers |
| 理发员 | barber |
| 理发工具 | barber's tools |
| 理发师 | barber |