禮讓

See also: 礼让

Chinese

		gift; propriety; rite	to ask; to let; permit to ask; to let; permit; have (someone do something); to yield; to allow
trad. (禮讓)		禮	讓
simp. (礼让)		礼	让

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǐràng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄖㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁵ joeng⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lé-jiōng / lé-liōng / lé-jiāng / lé-niū / lé-niō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǐràng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄖㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǐràng
  - Wade–Giles: li³-jang⁴
  - Yale: lǐ-ràng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liiranq
  - Palladius: лижан (ližan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lai⁵ joeng⁶
  - Yale: láih yeuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁵ joeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lei⁵ yêng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯¹³ jœːŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lé-jiōng
  - Tâi-lô: lé-jiōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lefjiong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /le⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ziɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lé-liōng
  - Tâi-lô: lé-liōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lefliong
  - IPA (Taipei): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lé-jiāng
  - Tâi-lô: lé-jiāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lefjiang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ziaŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lé-niū
  - Tâi-lô: lé-niū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lefniu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ niũ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ niũ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lé-niō͘
  - Tâi-lô: lé-niōo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ niɔ̃²²/

Verb

禮讓

to give precedence out of courtesy

Synonyms

婉拒 (wǎnjù)
婉辭／婉辞 (wǎncí)
客氣／客气
推免 (tuīmiǎn) (literary)
推卻／推却 (tuīquè)
推絕／推绝 (tuījué)
推謝／推谢 (tuīxiè)
推辭／推辞 (tuīcí)
謝絕／谢绝 (xièjué)
謙讓／谦让 (qiānràng)
辭讓／辞让 (círàng)
退讓／退让 (tuìràng)

Derived terms