賠禮

Chinese

		lose in trade; pay damage	gift; propriety; rite
trad. (賠禮)		賠	禮
simp. (赔礼)		赔	礼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): péilǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄟˊ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pui⁴ lai⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pôe-lé / pê-lé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: péilǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄟˊ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: péilǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻei²-li³
    • Yale: péi-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peirlii
    • Palladius: пэйли (pɛjli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pui⁴ lai⁵
    • Yale: pùih láih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pui⁴ lai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: pui⁴ lei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːi̯²¹ lɐi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pôe-lé
    • Tâi-lô: puê-lé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poelea
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue²⁴⁻²² le⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pue²⁴⁻²² le⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue²³⁻³³ le⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pue¹³⁻²² le⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pê-lé
    • Tâi-lô: pê-lé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pelea
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe²⁴⁻¹¹ le⁵³/

Verb

賠禮

1. to make or offer an apology; to apologize

Synonyms

• 告罪 (gàozuì) (literary, polite)
• 回毋著／回毋着 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 坐不住 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 坐毋著／坐毋着 (Hokkien)
• 坐理 (Hokkien)
• 相坐 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 致歉 (zhìqiàn)
• 請罪／请罪 (qǐngzuì)
• 謝罪／谢罪 (xièzuì)
• 賠不是／赔不是 (péi bùshi)
• 賠情／赔情 (péiqíng) (dialectal)
• 賠罪／赔罪 (péizuì)
• 道歉 (dàoqiàn)