彬彬有禮

Chinese

		refined, gentle and elegant; having both literary flourish and substance	courteous; polite; to make my salutations
trad. (彬彬有禮)		彬彬	有禮
simp. (彬彬有礼)		彬彬	有礼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīnbīnyǒulǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣ ㄅㄧㄣ ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ ban¹ jau⁵ lai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīnbīnyǒulǐ [Phonetic: bīnbīnyóulǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ ㄅㄧㄣ ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: binbinyǒulǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pin¹-pin¹-yu³-li³
    • Yale: bīn-bīn-yǒu-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binbinyeoulii
    • Palladius: биньбиньюли (binʹbinʹjuli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵ pin⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹ ban¹ jau⁵ lai⁵
    • Yale: bān bān yáuh láih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ ban¹ jau⁵ lai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ ben¹ yeo⁵ lei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ pɐn⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ lɐi̯¹³/

Idiom

彬彬有禮

1. to be refined and courteous

Synonyms

• 客客氣氣／客客气气 (kèkèqìqì)