| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 礼 | 禮 | Lǐ | - surname Li - abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites |
| 礼 | 禮 | lǐ | - gift - rite - ceremony - CL:份[fen4] - propriety - etiquette - courtesy |
| 仪礼 | 儀禮 | Yílǐ | - Rites and Ceremonies, part of the Confucian Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4] |
| 典礼 | 典禮 | diǎnlǐ | - celebration - ceremony |
| 割礼 | 割禮 | gēlǐ | - circumcision |
| 厚礼 | 厚禮 | hòulǐ | - generous gifts |
| 受礼 | 受禮 | shòulǐ | - to accept a gift - to acknowledge greetings |
| 周礼 | 周禮 | Zhōulǐ | - the Rites of Zhou (in Confucianism) |
| 丧礼 | 喪禮 | sānglǐ | - funeral |
| 回礼 | 回禮 | huílǐ | - to return a greeting - to send a gift in return |
| 寿礼 | 壽禮 | shòulǐ | - birthday present (for an old person) |
| 多礼 | 多禮 | duōlǐ | - too polite - over-courteous |
| 失礼 | 失禮 | shīlǐ | - lacking in manners |
| 婚礼 | 婚禮 | hūnlǐ | - wedding ceremony - wedding - CL:場|场[chang3] |
| 定礼 | 定禮 | dìnglǐ | - betrothal gift - bride-price |
| 居礼 | 居禮 | jūlǐ | - see 居里[ju1 li3] |
| 崇礼 | 崇禮 | Chónglǐ | - Chongli county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[Zhang1 jia1 kou3], Hebei |
| 抗礼 | 抗禮 | kànglǐ | - to behave informally as equals - not to stand on ceremony |
| 拘礼 | 拘禮 | jūlǐ | - to stand on ceremony - punctilious |
| 收礼 | 收禮 | shōulǐ | - to accept a gift - to receive presents |
| 敬礼 | 敬禮 | jìnglǐ | - to salute - salute |
| 施礼 | 施禮 | shīlǐ | - to salute - to greet |
| 洗礼 | 洗禮 | xǐlǐ | - baptism |
| 无礼 | 無禮 | wúlǐ | - rude - rudely |
| 知礼 | 知禮 | zhīlǐ | - to be well-mannered |
| 祭礼 | 祭禮 | jìlǐ | - sacrificial offerings - worship - religious rite |
| 礼俗 | 禮俗 | lǐsú | - etiquette - custom |
| 礼仪 | 禮儀 | lǐyí | - etiquette - ceremony |
| 礼制 | 禮制 | lǐzhì | - etiquette - system of rites |
| 礼券 | 禮券 | lǐquàn | - gift voucher - gift coupon |
| 礼品 | 禮品 | lǐpǐn | - gift - present |
| 礼器 | 禮器 | lǐqì | - ritual dishes - sacrificial vessels |
| 礼堂 | 禮堂 | lǐtáng | - assembly hall - auditorium - CL:座[zuo4],處|处[chu4] |
| 礼帽 | 禮帽 | lǐmào | - Western-style man's hat |
| 礼拜 | 禮拜 | lǐbài | - week - religious service - worship - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 礼教 | 禮教 | lǐjiào | - Confucian code of ethics |
| 礼数 | 禮數 | lǐshù | - etiquette - (old) gradation of etiquette with social status |
| 礼服 | 禮服 | lǐfú | - ceremonial robe - formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc) |
| 礼泉 | 禮泉 | Lǐquán | - Liquan County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi |
| 礼法 | 禮法 | lǐfǎ | - etiquette - ceremonial rites |
| 礼炮 | 禮炮 | lǐpào | - gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute) - salvo |
| 礼物 | 禮物 | lǐwù | - gift - present - CL:件[jian4],個|个[ge4],份[fen4] |
| 礼节 | 禮節 | lǐjié | - etiquette |
| 礼经 | 禮經 | Lǐjīng | - Classic of Rites (same as 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4]) |
| 礼县 | 禮縣 | Lǐxiàn | - Li county in Longnan 隴南|陇南[Long3 nan2], Gansu |
| 礼义 | 禮義 | lǐyì | - righteousness - justice |
| 礼花 | 禮花 | lǐhuā | - fireworks |
| 礼记 | 禮記 | Lǐjì | - Classic of Rites |
| 礼让 | 禮讓 | lǐràng | - to show consideration for (others) - to yield to (another vehicle etc) - courtesy - comity |
| 礼赞 | 禮讚 | lǐzàn | - to praise - well done, bravo! |
| 礼貌 | 禮貌 | lǐmào | - courtesy - manners |
| 礼宾 | 禮賓 | lǐbīn | - protocol - official etiquette |
| 礼遇 | 禮遇 | lǐyù | - courtesy - deferential treatment - polite reception |
| 礼部 | 禮部 | Lǐbù | - Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China) |
| 礼金 | 禮金 | lǐjīn | - monetary gift |
| 答礼 | 答禮 | dálǐ | - to return a courtesy - return gift |
| 圣礼 | 聖禮 | shènglǐ | - Holy sacrament - Christian rite (esp. Protestant) - also called 聖事|圣事 by Catholics |
| 聘礼 | 聘禮 | pìnlǐ | - betrothal gift |
| 葬礼 | 葬禮 | zànglǐ | - burial - funeral |
| 薄礼 | 薄禮 | bólǐ | - my meager gift (humble) |
| 行礼 | 行禮 | xínglǐ | - to salute - to make one's salutations |
| 观礼 | 觀禮 | guānlǐ | - to attend a ritual |
| 诗礼 | 詩禮 | ShīLǐ | - the Book of Songs 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] and Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4] - a cultured well-read person |
| 谢礼 | 謝禮 | xièlǐ | - honorarium - gift as thanks |
| 贺礼 | 賀禮 | hèlǐ | - congratulatory gift |
| 赔礼 | 賠禮 | péilǐ | - to offer an apology - to make amends |
| 越礼 | 越禮 | yuèlǐ | - to overstep etiquette - not to observe priorities |
| 送礼 | 送禮 | sònglǐ | - to give a present |
| 还礼 | 還禮 | huánlǐ | - to return a politeness - to present a gift in return |
| 非礼 | 非禮 | fēilǐ | - rudeness - insolence - impropriety - harassment - molestation - indecent assault |
| 下水礼 | 下水禮 | xiàshuǐlǐ | - launching ceremony |
| 做礼拜 | 做禮拜 | zuòlǐbài | - to go to church on Sunday (of Christians) |
| 坚信礼 | 堅信禮 | jiānxìnlǐ | - confirmation (Christian ceremony) |
| 坚振礼 | 堅振禮 | jiānzhènlǐ | - confirmation (Christian ceremony) |
| 屈膝礼 | 屈膝禮 | qūxīlǐ | - curtsy |
| 崇礼县 | 崇禮縣 | Chónglǐxiàn | - Chongli county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[Zhang1 jia1 kou3], Hebei |
| 厂礼拜 | 廠禮拜 | chǎnglǐbài | - day off (work) |
| 成人礼 | 成人禮 | chéngrénlǐ | - coming of age ceremony |
| 按手礼 | 按手禮 | ànshǒulǐ | - ordination |
| 晚礼服 | 晚禮服 | wǎnlǐfú | - evening dress |
| 有礼貌 | 有禮貌 | yǒulǐmào | - courteous - polite |
| 浸礼教 | 浸禮教 | jìnlǐjiào | - Baptist (Christian sect) |
| 浸礼会 | 浸禮會 | Jìnlǐhuì | - Baptists |
| 瞻礼日 | 瞻禮日 | Zhānlǐrì | - the Lord's Day - Sunday |
| 礼拜一 | 禮拜一 | Lǐbàiyī | - Monday |
| 礼拜三 | 禮拜三 | Lǐbàisān | - Wednesday |
| 礼拜二 | 禮拜二 | Lǐbàièr | - Tuesday |
| 礼拜五 | 禮拜五 | Lǐbàiwǔ | - Friday |
| 礼拜六 | 禮拜六 | Lǐbàiliù | - Saturday |
| 礼拜四 | 禮拜四 | Lǐbàisì | - Thursday |
| 礼拜堂 | 禮拜堂 | lǐbàitáng | - chapel - church (Protestant) |
| 礼拜天 | 禮拜天 | Lǐbàitiān | - Sunday |
| 礼拜日 | 禮拜日 | Lǐbàirì | - Sunday |
| 礼泉县 | 禮泉縣 | LǐquánXiàn | - Liquan County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi |
| 礼炮号 | 禮炮號 | LǐpàoHào | - Salyut (salute), Russian spacecraft series |
| 叶礼庭 | 葉禮庭 | yèlǐtíng | - Michael Grant Ignatieff (1947-), leader of the Liberal Party of Canada |
| 行军礼 | 行軍禮 | xíngjūnlǐ | - military salute |
| 见面礼 | 見面禮 | jiànmiànlǐ | - gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time |
| 证实礼 | 證實禮 | zhèngshílǐ | - confirmation |
| 送礼会 | 送禮會 | sònglǐhuì | - shower (for bride, baby etc) |
| 以礼相待 | 以禮相待 | yǐlǐxiāngdài | - to treat sb with due respect (idiom) |
| 先礼后兵 | 先禮後兵 | xiānlǐhòubīng | - peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence - jaw-jaw is better than war-war |
| 克己复礼 | 克己復禮 | kèjǐfùlǐ | - restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties - (any number of possible translations) |
| 分庭抗礼 | 分庭抗禮 | fēntíngkànglǐ | - peer competition - to function as rivals - to make claims as an equal |
| 卑辞厚礼 | 卑辭厚禮 | bēicíhòulǐ | - humble expression for generous gift |
| 博文约礼 | 博文約禮 | bówényuēlǐ | - vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom) |
| 就职典礼 | 就職典禮 | jiùzhídiǎnlǐ | - inauguration |
| 居礼夫人 | 居禮夫人 | JūlǐFūren | - Maria Skłodowska-Curie or Marie Curie (1867-1934), double Nobel prize-winner in Physics 1903 and Chemistry 1911 |
| 彬彬有礼 | 彬彬有禮 | bīnbīnyǒulǐ | - refined and courteous - urbane |
| 敬贤礼士 | 敬賢禮士 | jìngxiánlǐshì | - to revere people of virtue and honor scholarship (idiom) |
| 此致敬礼 | 此致敬禮 | cǐzhìjìnglǐ | - respectfully yours (at the end of a letter) |
| 毕业典礼 | 畢業典禮 | bìyèdiǎnlǐ | - graduation ceremony - commencement ceremony - commencement exercises |
| 破土典礼 | 破土典禮 | pòtǔdiǎnlǐ | - ground breaking ceremony |
| 礼坏乐崩 | 禮壞樂崩 | lǐhuàiyuèbēng | - rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray |
| 礼尚往来 | 禮尚往來 | lǐshàngwǎnglái | - lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) - fig. to return politeness for politeness |
| 礼崩乐坏 | 禮崩樂壞 | lǐbēngyuèhuài | - rites collapse, music spoilt (idiom); degeneration of feudal religious rites - Things ain't what they used to be. |
| 礼废乐崩 | 禮廢樂崩 | lǐfèiyuèbēng | - rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray |
| 礼拜仪式 | 禮拜儀式 | lǐbàiyíshì | - liturgical |
| 礼教吃人 | 禮教吃人 | lǐjiàochīrén | - sufferings brought about by Confucian ethics |
| 礼乐崩坏 | 禮樂崩壞 | lǐyuèbēnghuài | - rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray |
| 礼义廉耻 | 禮義廉恥 | lǐyìliánchǐ | - sense of propriety, justice, integrity and honor (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維|四维[si4 wei2]) |
| 礼贤下士 | 禮賢下士 | lǐxiánxiàshì | - respect for the wise |
| 礼部尚书 | 禮部尚書 | lǐbùshàngshū | - Director of Board of Rites (Confucian) |
| 举行婚礼 | 舉行婚禮 | jǔxínghūnlǐ | - to celebrate a wedding |
| 虚文浮礼 | 虛文浮禮 | xūwénfúlǐ | - empty formality |
| 行礼如仪 | 行禮如儀 | xínglǐrúyì | - to perform the ritual bows - to follow the customary ceremonies |
| 开幕典礼 | 開幕典禮 | kāimùdiǎnlǐ | - opening ceremony |
| 雅礼协会 | 雅禮協會 | YǎlǐXiéhuì | - Yale-China Association, independent organization founded in 1901 |
| 礼多人不怪 | 禮多人不怪 | lǐduōrénbùguài | - nobody will find fault with extra courtesy (idiom) - courtesy costs nothing |
| 礼轻人意重 | 禮輕人意重 | lǐqīngrényìzhòng | - slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it. |
| 礼轻情意重 | 禮輕情意重 | lǐqīngqíngyìzhòng | - goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it. |
| 圣灰瞻礼日 | 聖灰瞻禮日 | Shènghuīzhānlǐrì | - Ash Wednesday |
| 来而不往非礼也 | 來而不往非禮也 | láiérbùwǎngfēilǐyě | - not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical) - to respond in kind |
| 千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重 | 千里送鵝毛，禮輕人意重 | qiānlǐsòngémáo,lǐqīngrényìzhòng | - goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it. |
| 千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重 | 千里送鵝毛，禮輕情意重 | qiānlǐsòngémáo,lǐqīngqíngyìzhòng | - goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it. |
| 礼轻人意重，千里送鹅毛 | 禮輕人意重，千里送鵝毛 | lǐqīngrényìzhòng,qiānlǐsòngémáo | - goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it. |
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