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按理说 (àn lǐ shuō): meaning and stroke order

按理说 (àn lǐ shuō) means it is reasonable to say that....

按理说

Simplified
按理说
Traditional
按理說
Pinyin
àn lǐ shuō

Stroke order of 按理说

按

  • àn to press; to push
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

理

  • lǐ texture; grain (of wood)
  • 11 strokes

Stroke by stroke

说

  • shuì to persuade
  • shuō to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment
  • shuō variant of 說|说[shuo1]
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 說

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 按理说

  1. àn lǐ shuō Traditional 按理說
    • it is reasonable to say that...

Radicals of the characters

按
Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 9 strokes · 扌 on the left, 安 on the right
理
Radical 玉 (Kangxi radical 96) · 11 strokes · 𤣩 on the left, 里 on the right
说
Radical 讠 (Kangxi radical 149) in its simplified form · 9 strokes · 讠 on the left, 兑 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

按理说 in our stories

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  • 按理说，在这样的事故里保住了所有人的性命，船长石青山应该受到表扬。

    ànlǐshuō zài zhèyàng de shìgù lǐ bǎozhù le suǒyǒu rén de xìngmìng chuánzhǎng Shí Qīngshān yīnggāi shòudào biǎoyáng

    By rights, having saved every life in such an accident, Captain Shi Qingshan should have been praised.

    From the story The storm that never was HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 按理说

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).