禮 (lai5 | li3) : ceremony; rite; propriety; gift

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禮

lai5

li3

[1] [n] ceremony; rite; ritual
[2] [n] propriety; courtesy; etiquette
[3] [n] gift; present
[4] [v] respect; treat with courtesy

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Stroke count: 18

Level: 2

Radical: 示 (#113)

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

禮 / 礼

This word has been viewed 15374 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th May 2016 06:30

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禮品 lai5 ban2 li3 pin3 = gift; present

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
See all 98 compounds (CantoDict reports 103 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 22 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!

唔好駁嘴﹐咁冇禮貌。粵
Don't answer back; it's not polite.
[parsing: 唔好 don't | 駁嘴 answer back | 咁 so | 冇 im- | 禮貌 polite ]

對待顧客要有禮貌
be polite to customers

我通常𨂾一個禮拜去facial一次粵
I usually go for facial once every week.

今次婚禮嘅場面認真巴閉粵
The wedding ceremony was really grand

小小心意你咪受落啲禮物囉唔好抰嚟抰去粵
It is a small token of appreciation, just accept the simple gift instead of pushing it back and forth.

送禮講心意。粵
With gift-giving, it's the thought that counts. [Lit.] (with) gift-giving, it's about thought.
[講 is short for 講求.]

我攞咗上個禮拜買嗰件衫去乾洗粵
I took the shirt I bought last week to be dry-cleaned.
[Lit. I took-already last-week bought that (counter) shirt go dry-clean]

我攞咗上個禮拜買嗰啲衫去乾洗粵
I took the clothes I bought last week to be dry-cleaned.
[Lit. I took-already last-week bought those shirts go dry-clean]

我攞咗兩個禮拜前喺廣城買嗰件衫去洗粵
I took the shirt I bought two weeks ago at the shopping mall to be cleaned.
[Lit. I took two weeks ago at shopping mall buy that shirt go clean]

兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買嗰件衫，我攞咗佢去熨。粵
I took the shirts that I bought two weeks ago at my favourite shop to be ironed.
[Note: although the verb and object could be separated by the lengthy adjective clause 兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買, it's more natural and more easily understood use the topicalised construction in this example.]

喪事最重要部份叫喪禮粵
The most important part after a person dies is called the funeral.
[Lit. Death-matters most important part call funeral]

我攞咗兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買嗰件衫去熨粵
I've taken the shirt that I bought in my favourite clothes shop two weeks ago to be ironed.
[[literal] I taken-have two-weeks-ago in my most-like that-(classifier)-clothes-shop buy that-(classifier)-shirt go iron This Cantonese example shows how a relative clause is composed without a relative pronoun. ]

呢度嘅住客都穿著禮服為主，盡顯其顯赫份粵
The residents here are all formally attired, a mark of their affluence.
[Note: this is a very formal register, and is not the kind of this you'd drop into everyday conversation.]

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