彩禮

Chinese

		(bright) colour; variety; applause (bright) colour; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize	gift; propriety; rite
trad. (彩禮)		彩	禮
simp. (彩礼)		彩	礼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎilǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi² lai⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhái-lé

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cai² loi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎilǐ [Phonetic: cáilǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎilǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai³-li³
    • Yale: tsǎi-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaelii
    • Palladius: цайли (cajli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi² lai⁵
    • Yale: chói láih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi² lai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi² lei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵ lɐi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhái-lé
    • Tâi-lô: tshái-lé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaylea
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ le⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cai² loi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshái lói
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai⁵²⁻³⁵ loi⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 彩禮

1. betrothal gifts (from the bridegroom's to the bride's family); bride price

Synonyms

• 財禮／财礼 (cáilǐ)
• 聘禮／聘礼 (pìnlǐ)
• 聘金 (pìnjīn)

Derived terms

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