禮記

See also: 礼记

Chinese

		gift; propriety; rite	to remember; to note; mark to remember; to note; mark; sign; to record
trad. (禮記)		禮	記
simp. (礼记)		礼	记

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lǐjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁵ gei³
• Eastern Min (BUC): lā̤-gé
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Lé-kì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lǐjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lǐjì
    • Wade–Giles: Li³-chi⁴
    • Yale: Lǐ-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Liijih
    • Palladius: Лицзи (Liczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lai⁵ gei³
    • Yale: láih gei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁵ gei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁵ géi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯¹³ kei̯³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lā̤-gé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ɛ³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ɛi²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lé-kì
    • Tâi-lô: Lé-kì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lefkix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ki⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /le⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lejX kiH

Rime
Character	禮	記
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	盧啓切	居吏切
Baxter	lejX	kiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leiX/	/kɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/leiX/	/kɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛiX/	/kieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjX/	/kɨH/
Li Rong	/leiX/	/kiəH/
Wang Li	/lieiX/	/kĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieiX/	/kiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǐ	jì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lai5	gei3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤijʔ  C.k(r)ə(ʔ)-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*riːʔ  kɯs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	禮	記
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lǐ	jì
Middle Chinese	‹ lejX ›	‹ kiH ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁijʔ/	/*C.k(r)ə(ʔ)-s/
English	propriety, ceremony	remember; record (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	禮	記
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7839	5768
Phonetic component	豊	己
Rime group	脂	之
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	禮	記
Old Chinese	/*riːʔ/	/*kɯs/

Proper noun

禮記

1. The Book of Rites or Classic of Rites (a classic Confucian text describing the social forms, administration, and ceremonial rites of the Zhou dynasty)