無禮

See also: 無礼 and 无礼

Chinese

		not have	gift; propriety; rite
trad. (無禮)		無	禮
simp. (无礼)		无	礼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ lai⁵
• Eastern Min (BUC): ù-lā̤
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-lé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-li³
    • Yale: wú-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wulii
    • Palladius: ули (uli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 無理／无理 無禮／无礼

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ lai⁵
    • Yale: mòuh láih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ lai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ lei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ lɐi̯¹³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ù-lā̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵³⁻³³ l̃ɛ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-lé
    • Tâi-lô: bô-lé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boilea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² le⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² le⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² le⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ le⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ le⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mju lejX

Rime
Character	無	禮
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	武夫切	盧啓切
Baxter	mju	lejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/	/leiX/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/leiX/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/lɛiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/lɛjX/
Li Rong	/mio/	/leiX/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/lieiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/lieiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	lǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou4	lai5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ma|mo  [r]ˤijʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ma  riːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	無	無	無	禮
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wú	wú	wú	lǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ mju ›	‹ mju ›	‹ mju ›	‹ lejX ›
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*ma/	/*mo/	/*[r]ˁijʔ/
English	not have	volitional prefix	don’t	propriety, ceremony
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	無	禮
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13117	7839
Phonetic component	無	豊
Rime group	魚	脂
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	無	禮
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*riːʔ/

Verb

無禮

1. (formal) to lack courtesy; to show disrespect

   • 晉人懼其無禮於公也，請改盟。公如晉，及晉侯盟。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     晋人惧其无礼于公也，请改盟。公如晋，及晋侯盟。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translation from Zuozhuan: Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" (2017), by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li and David Schaberg

     Jìnrén jù qí wúlǐ yú gōng yě, qǐng gǎi méng. Gōng rú Jìn, jí Jìnhóu méng. [Pinyin]

     The Jin leaders were afraid they had not behaved with the proper ritual toward our lord and asked to change the covenant. Our lord went to Jin and swore a covenant with the Prince of Jin.

Adjective

無禮

1. (formal) impolite; discourteous; disrespectful

   傲慢無禮／傲慢无礼  ―  àomàn wúlǐ  ―  to be arrogant and disrespectful

   • 相鼠有體，人而無禮；人而無禮，胡不遄死？ [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     相鼠有体，人而无礼；人而无礼，胡不遄死？ [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Xiàng shǔ yǒu tǐ, rén ér wúlǐ; rén ér wúlǐ, hú bù chuán sǐ? [Pinyin]

     Look at a rat, - it has its limbs; But a man shall be without any rules of propriety. If a man observe no rules of propriety, Why does he not quickly die?

Synonyms

• 不敬 (bùjìng)

Antonyms

• 有禮／有礼 (yǒulǐ)

Derived terms

• 傲慢無禮／傲慢无礼 (àomànwúlǐ)

 

Korean

Hanja in this term
無	禮

Noun

無禮 • (murye) (hangeul 무례)

1. Hanja form^? of 무례 (“impoliteness, rudeness, disrespect”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
無	禮

Noun

無禮

1. chữ Hán form of vô lễ (“impoliteness, disrespect”).