理想

Chinese
 
to manage; to heed; to put in order
to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
 
to think; to believe; to suppose
to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
simp. and trad.
(理想)		 理 想

Pronunciation

Noun

理想

  1. ideal; dream
    為理想而奮鬥／为理想而奋斗  ―  wèi lǐxiǎng ér fèndòu  ―  to fight for one's dreams
    共同理想  ―  gòngtóng lǐxiǎng  ―  common ideals
    青春的理想  ―  qīngchūn de lǐxiǎng  ―  the ideals of youth
    抱持著遠大的理想 [MSC, trad.]
    抱持着远大的理想 [MSC, simp.]
    bàochí zhe yuǎndà de lǐxiǎng [Pinyin]
    to hold lofty ideals
  2. (literary) theory
  3. (mathematics) ideal

Synonyms
  • (dream):
  • (theory):

Adjective

理想

  1. ideal
    理想社會／理想社会  ―  lǐxiǎng shèhuì  ―  ideal society

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
理 想
り
Grade: 2		 そう
Grade: 3
on’yomi goon

Etymology

May be a coinage in Japanese from Chinese-based roots as a compound of 理 (ri, “reason, principle”) +‎ 想 (sō, “thought, thinking”).

First cited in Japanese to the 1877 translation of John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism, 利学 (Rigaku) by 西周 (“Nishi Amane”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) りそー [rìsóó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɾʲiso̞ː]

Noun

理(り)想(そう) • (risō) ←りさう (risau)?

  1. an ideal

Descendants

References
  1. “理想”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
理想

Noun

理想 • (isang) (hangeul 이상)

  1. Hanja form? of 이상 (“ideal”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
理想

Noun

理想

  1. chữ Hán form of lí tưởng (“ideal”).
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