小禮
Chinese
Etymology 1
small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
gift; propriety; rite | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (小禮) | 小 | 禮 | |
| simp. (小礼) | 小 | 礼 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎolǐ [Phonetic: xiáolǐ]
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄧˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siǎolǐ
- Wade–Giles: hsiao3-li3
- Yale: syǎu-lǐ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaulii
- Palladius: сяоли (sjaoli)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: siu2 lai5
- Yale: síu láih
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu2 lai5
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu2 lei5
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯³⁵ lɐi̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: sjewX lejX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ewʔ [r]ˤijʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*smewʔ riːʔ/
Noun
小禮
- (Classical) a kind of ritual performed during a sacrifice
- (Classical) minor rites
- (literary) additional gift
Etymology 2
small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
gift; propriety; rite | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (小禮) | 小 | 禮 | |
| simp. (小礼) | 小 | 礼 | |
| alternative forms | 少禮／少礼 Eastern Min 小理 Teochew 羞禮／羞礼 Hokkien & Puxian Min | ||
Pronunciation
- Eastern Min (BUC): siēu-lā̤
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sieo3 le3
- Southern Min
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo3 le3 [Phonetic: sieo5 le3]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sâ̤u-lâ̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬieu⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ le⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo3 le3 [Phonetic: sieo5 le3]
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬieu³³²⁻²¹ le³³²/
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo3 le3 [Phonetic: sieo5 e3]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sâ̤u-lâ̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬieu⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ (l-)e⁴⁵³/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-lé
- Tâi-lô: siáu-lé
- Phofsit Daibuun: siawlea
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-lóe
- Tâi-lô: siáu-lué
- Phofsit Daibuun: siawloea
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: siou2 li2 / siao2 li2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sióu lí / siáu lí
- Sinological IPA (key): /siou⁵²⁻³⁵ li⁵²/, /siau⁵²⁻³⁵ li⁵²⁻²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
Note:
- siou2 li2 - Chaozhou;
- siao2 li2 - Shantou, Jieyang, Pontianak.
Verb
小禮
- (Eastern Min, Puxian Min, Teochew) to be embarrassed; to be shy
- (Eastern Min) to embarrass
- (Eastern Min, Puxian Min) to be ashamed
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to blush (due to embarrassment)
Synonyms
- (to be shy):
Dialectal synonyms of 害羞 (“to be shy”) [map]
- (to blush):
Derived terms
References
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “羞禮”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary][1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “羞礼”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 489.