| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 理 | lǐ | reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure | |
| 理睬 | lǐ cǎi | (v) heed; pay attention to | |
| 理查德 | Lǐ chá dé | Richard (name) | |
| 理髮師 | 理发师 | lǐ fǎ shī | barber |
| 理光 | Lǐ guāng | Ricoh | |
| 理化學研究所 | 理化学研究所 | Lǐ huà xué yán jiū suǒ | RIKEN |
| 理會 | 理会 | lǐ huì | pay attention to; take notice of |
| 理解 | lǐ jiě | to comprehend; understanding; comprehension; to understand | |
| 理論 | 理论 | lǐ lùn | theory |
| 理論貢獻 | 理论贡献 | lǐ lùn gòng xiàn | theoretical contribution |
| 理論家 | 理论家 | lǐ lùn jiā | (n) theoretician; theorist |
| 理論上 | 理论上 | lǐ lùn shàng | (adv) theoretical |
| 理念 | lǐ niàn | idea | |
| 理事 | lǐ shì | (n) councilman | |
| 理事會 | 理事会 | lǐ shì huì | council |
| 理事長 | 理事长 | lǐ shì zhǎng | (n) director general |
| 理所當然 | 理所当然 | lǐ suǒ dāng rán | (idiom) certainly; of course; it logically follows that... |
| 理塘 | lǐ táng | (N) Litang (town in Kham prov. of Tibet, pres. Sichuan) | |
| 理縣 | 理县 | Lǐ xiàn | (N) Li county (county in Sichuan) |
| 理想 | lǐ xiǎng | ideal | |
| 理性 | lǐ xìng | rational | |
| 理性主義 | 理性主义 | lǐ xìng zhǔ yì | rationalism |
| 理應 | 理应 | lǐ yīng | should |
| 理由 | lǐ yóu | reason; ground(s); justification | |
| 理直氣壯 | 理直气壮 | lǐ zhí qì zhuàng | (saying) one is bold and confident when doing a just cause |
| 理智 | lǐ zhì | (n) reason; intellect; rationality |
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