禮拜

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See also: 礼拜

Chinese

gift; propriety; rite
 
to pay respect; worship; visit
to pay respect; worship; visit; salute
trad. (禮拜) 禮 拜
simp. (礼拜) 礼 拜
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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 禮 拜
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 齊 (39) 皆 (33)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV II
Fanqie 盧啓切 博怪切
Baxter lejX peajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/leiX/ /pˠɛiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/leiX/ /pᵚæiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɛiX/ /pɐiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lɛjX/ /pəɨjH/
Li
Rong 		/leiX/ /pɛiH/
Wang
Li 		/lieiX/ /pɐiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/lieiX/ /păiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lǐ bài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lai5 baai3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 禮 拜
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		lǐ bài
Middle
Chinese 		‹ lejX › ‹ pɛjH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁijʔ/ /*C.pˁro-s/
English propriety, ceremony bow, bend (v.)

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 禮 拜
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7839 222
Phonetic
component 		豊 拜
Rime
group 		脂 祭
Rime
subdivision 		2 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		禮 𢷎
Old
Chinese 		/*riːʔ/ /*proːds/

Noun

禮拜

  1. (religion) service; prayer; salat
  2. (colloquial, regional) week (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
    上禮拜我在那家店買了一件新外套。 [MSC, trad.]
    上礼拜我在那家店买了一件新外套。 [MSC, simp.]
    Shànglǐbài wǒ zài nà jiā diàn mǎi le yī jiàn xīn wàitào.
    I got a new coat in that store last week.
  3. day of the week (when used with a number, 日 or 天)
    禮拜一／礼拜一  ―  lǐbàiyī  ―  Monday
  4. (colloquial, regional) Sunday; day off

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 星期 (“week”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 星期, 週
Mandarin Taiwan 星期, 禮拜
Harbin 禮拜
Yantai (Muping) 星期
Jinan 星期, 禮拜
Wanrong 星期
Xi'an 星期, 禮拜
Yinchuan 星期, 禮拜
Lanzhou 星期
Xining 星期
Ürümqi 禮拜, 星期
Wuhan 星期, 禮拜
Chengdu 星期, 禮拜
Guiyang 禮拜, 星期
Liuzhou 禮拜, 星期
Xuzhou 星期, 禮拜
Nanjing 禮拜
Malaysia 禮拜
Singapore 禮拜, 星期
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 期, 星期
Cantonese Guangzhou 禮拜
Hong Kong 禮拜, 星期
Taishan 星期, 禮拜
Dongguan 禮拜
Yangjiang 禮拜, 星期
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 禮拜
Singapore (Guangfu) 禮拜
Gan Nanchang 禮拜
Lichuan 禮拜
Pingxiang 禮拜
Hakka Meixian 星期
Yudu 禮拜
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 禮拜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 禮拜
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 禮拜
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 禮拜
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 禮拜
Kuching (Hepo) 禮拜
Huizhou Jixi 禮拜, 星期
Jin Taiyuan 禮拜
Xinzhou 星期, 禮拜
Northern Min Jian'ou 星期
Eastern Min Fuzhou 禮拜
Southern Min Xiamen 禮拜
Quanzhou 禮拜
Zhangzhou 禮拜
Kaohsiung 禮拜
Tainan 禮拜
Penang (Hokkien) 禮拜
Singapore (Hokkien) 禮拜
Manila (Hokkien) 禮拜
Chaozhou 禮拜
Shantou 禮拜
Singapore (Teochew) 禮拜
Haikou 禮拜
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 禮拜
Sanxiang 禮拜
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 禮拜, 星期
Wu Shanghai 禮拜
Shanghai (Chongming) 禮拜
Shanghai (Songjiang) 禮拜
Suzhou 禮拜, 星期
Danyang 禮拜
Hangzhou 禮拜, 星期
Ningbo 禮拜
Wenzhou 禮拜
Jinhua 星期
Xiang Loudi 禮拜
Dialectal synonyms of 星期日 (“Sunday”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 星期日, 星期天, 週日, 週天 regional
Mandarin Beijing 星期天兒, 禮拜天兒
Taiwan 星期天, 禮拜天, 星期日, 禮拜日
Tianjin 禮拜天, 禮拜
Harbin 星期天, 禮拜日, 禮拜天, 禮拜
Yantai (Muping) 星期, 禮拜
Qingdao 禮拜天
Jinan 星期, 星期天, 禮拜, 禮拜天
Luoyang 星期日, 星期
Wanrong 星期
Zhengzhou 禮拜天, 星期天
Xi'an 星期天, 星期, 禮拜天, 禮拜
Yinchuan 星期天, 星期日, 禮拜天, 禮拜日, 星期
Lanzhou 星期天, 星期, 禮拜天, 禮拜
Xining 星期日, 星期天, 星期
Ürümqi 禮拜天, 星期天
Wuhan 星期日, 星期天, 禮拜日, 禮拜天, 星期, 禮拜
Chengdu 星期天, 禮拜天
Guiyang 禮拜天, 星期天
Kunming 禮拜天, 星期
Liuzhou 星期天, 禮拜天, 禮拜
Xuzhou 星期天, 星期, 禮拜天, 禮拜
Nanjing 禮拜天, 禮拜, 星期天
Hefei 禮拜天, 星期天
Malaysia 拜日
Singapore 禮拜天, 禮拜, 星期天, 星期日
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 星期日, 禮拜天, 葉克閃白
Cantonese Guangzhou 禮拜, 禮拜日, 星期日
Hong Kong 禮拜, 禮拜日, 星期日
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 禮拜日
Macau 禮拜
Guangzhou (Panyu) 禮拜日
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 禮拜
Guangzhou (Conghua) 禮拜
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 禮拜
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 禮拜日
Foshan (Shunde) 禮拜日
Foshan (Sanshui) 禮拜日
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 星期日
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 禮拜
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 禮拜
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 禮拜
Zhuhai (Doumen) 禮拜
Jiangmen (Baisha) 禮拜
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 禮拜日
Taishan 禮拜
Kaiping (Chikan) 禮拜日
Enping (Niujiang) 禮拜日
Heshan (Yayao) 星期日
Dongguan 禮拜, 禮拜日
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 禮拜
Yangjiang 禮拜日, 星期日
Nanning 禮拜日
Singapore (Guangfu) 禮拜
Gan Nanchang 禮拜日, 禮拜日子, 禮拜
Lichuan 禮拜日
Pingxiang 禮拜日子, 禮拜日, 禮拜
Hakka Meixian 星期日
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 禮拜日
Dongguan (Qingxi) 禮拜
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 禮拜日
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 禮拜
Conghua (Lütian) 星期日
Yudu 禮拜日, 禮拜
Taoyuan 禮拜日
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 禮拜日, 禮拜, 日曜
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 禮拜, 禮拜日
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 禮拜日, 日曜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 禮拜, 禮拜日, 日曜
Kuching (Hepo) 拜日
Huizhou Jixi 禮拜日, 星期日
Shexian 禮拜日
Tunxi 禮拜日, 星期日
Jin Taiyuan 禮拜天, 星期天, 禮拜
Pingyao 禮拜日, 星期日
Xinzhou 星期下, 禮拜下
Hohhot 禮拜下
Northern Min Jian'ou 禮拜工, 星期日, 禮拜日
Eastern Min Fuzhou 禮拜日, 禮拜
Matsu 禮拜日
Southern Min Xiamen 禮拜日, 禮拜, 星期日
Quanzhou 禮拜日, 禮拜, 拜日
Yongchun 禮拜, 拜日, 禮拜日
Zhangzhou 禮拜日, 禮拜
Zhao'an 星期日, 禮拜日
New Taipei (Tamsui) 禮拜日
New Taipei (Pingxi) 禮拜
Kaohsiung 禮拜日, 禮拜
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 禮拜日
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Yilan (Luodong) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Yilan (Toucheng) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Tainan (Anping) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Kinmen 禮拜日
Penghu (Xiyu) 禮拜日
Penang (Hokkien) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Singapore (Hokkien) 禮拜日, 禮拜
Manila (Hokkien) 拜日
Chaozhou 禮拜
Shantou 禮拜, 星期日
Singapore (Teochew) 禮拜
Haikou 禮拜日, 禮拜
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 禮拜
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 禮拜日, 星期日
Wu Shanghai 禮拜天, 禮拜日, 星期天
Shanghai (Chongming) 禮拜日
Shanghai (Songjiang) 禮拜日
Suzhou 禮拜日, 禮拜, 星期日
Danyang 禮拜天, 禮拜, 星期天
Hangzhou 禮拜天, 禮拜, 星期天
Ningbo 禮拜, 禮拜日
Wenzhou 禮拜日, 星期日
Jinhua 禮拜日, 星期日
Xiang Changsha 星期天
Xiangtan 星期天, 禮拜日, 星期日
Loudi 禮拜日, 禮拜

Derived terms

Verb

禮拜

  1. (transitive) to worship
    禮拜神佛／礼拜神佛  ―  lǐbài shénfó  ―  to worship deities

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (禮拜):

Others:

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji in this term
禮 拜
れい
Jinmeiyō 		はい
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi
Kanji in this term
禮 拜
らい
Jinmeiyō 		はい
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 禮拜 – see the following entry.
【礼拝らいはい】
(Buddhism) divine worship, religious service
(Buddhism) to worship
【礼拝れいはい】
(Christianity) divine worship, religious service
(Christianity) to worship
(This term, 禮拜, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
禮拜

Noun

禮拜 • (yebae) (hangeul 예배)

  1. Hanja form? of 예배 (“divine worship, religious service”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
禮拜

Verb

禮拜

  1. chữ Hán form of lễ bái (“to worship”).
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