理由 (lǐyóu) means Reason (justification - grounds). Below are 10 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他的 理由 很充分。
Tā de lǐyóu hěn chōngfèn.
His reasons are quite sufficient.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 充分
这个 理由 十足充分。
Zhège lǐyóu shízú chōngfèn.
This reason is entirely sufficient.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 十足
他的 理由 很有说服力。
Tā de lǐyóu hěn yǒu shuō fú lì.
His reasons are very convincing.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 说服
他有正当的 理由 拒绝。
Tā yǒu zhèngdàng de lǐyóu jùjué.
He has legitimate grounds for refusing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 正当
他平静地陈述了自己的 理由 。
Tā píngjìng de chénshù le zìjǐ de lǐyóu.
He calmly stated his reasons.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 陈述
公司解雇员工必须有正当 理由 。
Gōngsī jiěgù yuángōng bìxū yǒu zhèngdàng lǐyóu.
A company must have proper grounds to dismiss an employee.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 解雇
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From the graded readers
那天下着雨，我特别想找个 理由 不去。
nà / nèi tiānxià zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó yǔ, wǒ tèbié xiǎng zhǎo gè lǐyóu bù qù.
It was raining, and I badly wanted an excuse not to go.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
Questions about 理由
How is 理由 used in a sentence?
This page shows 10 sentences using 理由 (lǐyóu, "Reason (justification - grounds)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 理由 an HSK word?
Yes — 理由 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 理由?
The dictionary page for 理由 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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