禮物

See also: 礼物

Chinese

		gift; propriety; rite	thing; object; matter
trad. (禮物)		禮	物
simp. (礼物)		礼	物

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǐwù

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁵ mat⁶
Gan (Wiktionary): 'li³ ut⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lî-vu̍t
Eastern Min (BUC): lā̤-ŭk
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lé-bu̍t / lé-mi̍h / lé-mn̍gh

(Teochew, Peng'im): li² muêh⁸ / loi² muêh⁸
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶li-veq
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): li³ u⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǐwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǐwù
  - Wade–Giles: li³-wu⁴
  - Yale: lǐ-wù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liiwuh
  - Palladius: лиу (liu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lai⁵ mat⁶
  - Yale: láih maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁵ mat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lei⁵ med⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯¹³ mɐt̚²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'li³ ut⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈli²¹³⁻¹³ ut̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-vu̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: li^ˊ vud
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li¹ vud⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /li²⁴⁻¹¹ vut̚⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lā̤-ŭk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ɛ³³⁻²¹ uʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lé-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: lé-bu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lefbut
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /le⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ but̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /le⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ but̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ but̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ but̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /le⁵³⁻²⁴ but̚⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lé-mi̍h
  - Tâi-lô: lé-mi̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lefmih
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Philippines): /le⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ miʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /le⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: dated in Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lé-mn̍gh
  - Tâi-lô: lé-mn̍gh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lefmngh
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mŋ̍ʔ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: li² muêh⁸ / loi² muêh⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lí mue̍h / lói mue̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵²⁻³⁵ mueʔ⁴/, /loi⁵²⁻³⁵ mueʔ⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶li-veq
  - MiniDict: li^去 veh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li-veq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²² vəʔ⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: li³ u⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁴¹ u²⁴/

Noun

禮物

gift; present (Classifier: 件; 份; 個／个)
謝謝儂個禮物。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
谢谢侬个礼物。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
⁶zhia-zhia ⁶non-geq ⁶li-veq [Wugniu]
Thank you for your gift.
(obsolete) rites and relics
- 王若曰：“猷！殷王元子！惟稽古，崇德象賢。統承先王，修其禮物。” [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  王若曰：“猷！殷王元子！惟稽古，崇德象贤。统承先王，修其礼物。” [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Forged Old Text of the Book of Documents, circa 3^rd – 4^th century CE
  Wáng ruò yuē: “Yóu! Yīn wáng yuánzǐ! Wéi jīgǔ, chóngdé xiàngxián. Tǒngchéng xiānwáng, xiū qí lǐwù.” [Pinyin]
  The king speaks as follows: Ho! Eldest son of the king of Yin [i.e. Shang], examining into antiquity, the honouring of the virtuous [belongs to their descendants] who resemble them in worth, and [I appoint] you to continue the line of the kings your ancestors, observing their ceremonies and taking care of their various relics.

Synonyms

禮品／礼品 (lǐpǐn)
(Hakka, Hokkien) 等路
(Hokkien) 手伴, 伴手 (phōaⁿ-chhiú), 手素料, 帶手物／带手物

Derived terms

拆禮物日 / 拆礼物日 (Chāilǐwùrì)
禮物店 / 礼物店

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (禮物):

→ Japanese: 礼物(れいもつ) (reimotsu)
→ Korean: 예물(禮物) (yemul)
→ Vietnamese: lễ vật (禮物)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
禮	物
れい Jinmeiyō	もつ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

禮(れい)物(もつ) • (reimotsu)

gift, present

Korean

Hanja in this term
禮	物

Noun

禮物 • (yemul) (hangeul 예물)

hanja form^? of 예물 (“gift, present”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
禮	物

Noun

禮物

chữ Hán form of lễ vật (“offering”)