粵

講gong2理lei5

simp讲理
gong2 lei5jiǎng lǐ

English

  1. to argue
  2. to reason with sb
  3. to talk sense
  4. to be reasonable
  5. to be reasonable; to reason with

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用理性同人爭辯;通常指心平氣和噉傾一件事

Examples

  • 他不是不講理的人。

    He's not an unreasonable man.

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

  • 总有一些人不讲理。

    There are always some people who are unreasonable.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 喂你講下理好喎。

    Please be reasonable.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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