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

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• 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

1. 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

• 禮讓為國／礼让为国
• 趙禮讓肥／赵礼让肥