小禮

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Chinese

Etymology 1

small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
gift; propriety; rite
trad. (小禮)
simp. (小礼)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (16) (37)
Final () (91) (39)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III IV
Fanqie
Baxter sjewX lejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/siᴇuX/ /leiX/
Pan
Wuyun
/siɛuX/ /leiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/sjæuX/ /lɛiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/siawX/ /lɛjX/
Li
Rong
/siɛuX/ /leiX/
Wang
Li
/sĭɛuX/ /lieiX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/si̯ɛuX/ /lieiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
siu2 lai5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xiǎo
Middle
Chinese
‹ sjewX › ‹ lejX ›
Old
Chinese
/*ewʔ/ /*ˁijʔ/
English small propriety, ceremony

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13705 7839
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*smewʔ/ /*riːʔ/
Notes

Noun

小禮

  1. (Classical) a kind of ritual performed during a sacrifice
  2. (Classical) minor rites
  3. (literary) additional gift

Etymology 2

small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
gift; propriety; rite
trad. (小禮)
simp. (小礼)
alternative forms 少禮少礼 Eastern Min
小理 Teochew

Pronunciation


Note:
  • siou2 li2 - Chaozhou;
  • siao2 li2 - Shantou, Jieyang, Pontianak.

    Verb

    小禮

    1. (Eastern Min, Teochew) to be embarrassed; to be shy
    2. (Eastern Min) to embarrass
    3. (Eastern Min) to be ashamed
    4. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to blush (due to embarrassment)
    Synonyms
    • (to be shy):
    • (to blush):
    Derived terms