无 理

wúlǐ

“Irrational” in Chinese is 无理 (wúlǐ).

Meaning

irrational
unreasonable

Example

她在无理取闹。

She's asking for the impossible.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

wúHSK 44 strokesnot to have lǐHSK 211 strokestexture

More HSK 7-9 words

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Not to be confused with: 无力 (wúlì, powerless) · 武力 (wǔlì, military force)