# 道理 (dàoli)

In Mandarin Chinese, 道理 (dàoli) means “reason; argument; sense”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: reason; argument; sense
- Pinyin: dàoli (dao4 li5)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5
- Measure word: 个

## Examples

- 你说的话很有道理。
  Nǐ shuō de huà hěn yǒu dàoli.
  What you said makes a lot of sense.

## Characters

- [道](https://hanziro.com/word/dao-courses-questions/) (dào): (measure word) for courses/questions; road
- [理](https://hanziro.com/word/li-pay-attention/) (lǐ): to pay attention to; reason

https://hanziro.com/word/dao-li-reason/

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