年禮

Chinese

		year	gift; propriety; rite
trad. (年禮)		年	禮
simp. (年礼)		年	礼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niánlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ lai⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): nî-lé

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ni⁵ loi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niánlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niánlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: nien²-li³
    • Yale: nyán-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianlii
    • Palladius: няньли (njanʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nin⁴ lai⁵
    • Yale: nìhn láih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ lai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ lei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ lɐi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-lé
    • Tâi-lô: nî-lé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nilea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² le⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² le⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² le⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ le⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ le⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ni⁵ loi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nî lói
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵⁵⁻¹¹ loi⁵²/

Noun

年禮

1. year-end presents
   • 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “年”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 402:

     伊來送年禮。 [Teochew, trad.]
     伊来送年礼。 [Teochew, simp.]

     i¹ lai⁵ sang³ ni⁵ loi². [Peng'im]

     He brings new year's presents.