禮 (lai5 | li3) : social custom; rites; ceremony

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禮

lai5

li3

[1] [n] social custom; rites; ceremony [2] [n] manners; courtesy; propriety; decorum; politeness; civility; etiquette [3] [n] gift; present [4] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 18

Level: 3

Radical: 示 (#113)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

禮 / 礼

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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禮拜 lai5 baai3 li3 bai4 = week

禮物 lai5 mat6 li3 wu4 = present; gift

禮拜一 lai5 baai3 jat1 li3 bai4 yi1 = Monday

禮拜二 lai5 baai3 ji6 li3 bai4 er4 = Tuesday

禮拜三 lai5 baai3 saam1 li3 bai4 san1 = Wednesday

禮拜四 lai5 baai3 sei3 li3 bai4 si4 = Thursday

禮拜五 lai5 baai3 ng5 li3 bai4 wu3 = Friday

禮拜六 lai5 baai3 luk6 li3 bai4 liu4 = Saturday

禮拜日 lai5 baai3 jat6 li3 bai4 ri4 = Sunday

禮拜尾 lai5 baai3 mei5 = weekend 粵
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Showing 10 of 21 examples containing 禮

有冇去禮拜堂呀? 粵
Do you go to church?

聖誕節之前只剩下二十三天買禮物了！國
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.

你想要咩聖誕禮物呀？粵
What would you like for Christmas?
[(implying presents)]

你聖誕節要什麼禮物？國
What would you like for Christmas?
[(implying presents)]

若果你唔乖﹐聖誕老人就唔送禮物畀你粵
If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents.

你不乖的話，聖誕老公公就不會送你禮物了！國
If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents!

我都上網買禮物國
I buy gifts on the Internet.

我最憎包禮物！粵
I hate wrapping up presents!

我最討厭包禮物了！國
I hate wrapping up presents!

對待顧客要有禮貌
be polite to customers

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 禮
Unicode code for this character: U+79AE (off-site link)

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