還禮

Chinese

		pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet	gift; propriety; rite
trad. (還禮)		還	禮
simp. (还礼)		还	礼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huánlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁴ lai⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoân-lé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huánlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huánlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: huan²-li³
    • Yale: hwán-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwanlii
    • Palladius: хуаньли (xuanʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan⁴ lai⁵
    • Yale: wàahn láih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁴ lai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁴ lei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²¹ lɐi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân-lé
    • Tâi-lô: huân-lé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoanlea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴⁻²² le⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³⁻²² le⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²⁴⁻²² le⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

還禮

1. to present a gift in return
2. to return a politeness; to salute back

Synonyms

• (to present a gift in return): 回禮／回礼 (huílǐ); (Hokkien) 硩禮／硩礼

Related terms

• 敬禮／敬礼 (jìnglǐ)