禮物 (lai5 mat6 | li3 wu4) : present; gift

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禮物

lai5 mat6

li3 wu4

present; gift | [粵]: 禮, 手信

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 2,890,000

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

禮物 / 礼物

This word was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

禮 lai5 - social custom; rites; ceremony
物 mat6 - thing; substance; stuff

2 compounds containing this word:

聖誕禮物 - Christmas present
Common Formations:
生日禮物 - a birthday gift

Showing all 9 examples containing 禮物

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!

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.

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Decimal representation of this word: 禮物

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