小禮

Chinese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 小 禮
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 宵 (91) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III IV
Fanqie 私兆切 盧啓切
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/
Bernard
Karlgren
/si̯ɛuX/ /lieiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiǎo lǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
siu2 lai5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 小 禮
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xiǎo lǐ
Middle
Chinese
‹ sjewX › ‹ lejX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[s]ewʔ/ /*[r]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. *[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 小 禮
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13705 7839
Phonetic
component
小 豊
Rime
group
宵 脂
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
小 禮
Old
Chinese
/*smewʔ/ /*riːʔ/
Notes 甲金文象沙而指小,
指事字

Noun

小禮

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

Etymology 2

 
small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
gift; propriety; rite
trad. (小禮) 小 禮
simp. (小礼) 小 礼
alternative forms 少禮/少礼 Min Dong
小理 Teochew

Pronunciation


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

Verb

小禮

  1. (Min Dong, Teochew) to be embarrassed; to be shy
  2. (Min Dong) to embarrass
  3. (Min Dong) to be ashamed
  4. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to blush (due to embarrassment)
Synonyms
  • (to be shy):
  • (to blush):
Derived terms
  • 小禮草/小礼草
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