非禮

See also: 非礼

Chinese

		(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa	gift; propriety; rite
trad. (非禮)		非	禮
simp. (非礼)		非	礼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēilǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ lai⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hui-lé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēilǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: feilǐ
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹-li³
    • Yale: fēi-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feilii
    • Palladius: фэйли (fɛjli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹ lai⁵
    • Yale: fēi láih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ lai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ lei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ lɐi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui-lé
    • Tâi-lô: hui-lé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huilea
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³ le⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴⁻²² le⁵³/

Adjective

非禮

1. impolite; rude; discourteous

Verb

非禮

1. (of a man) to act indecently (towards a woman); to molest; to harass; to grope
2. (Classical) to not be in accordance with ritual propriety

   • 子曰：「非禮勿視，非禮勿聽，非禮勿言，非禮勿動。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「非礼勿视，非礼勿听，非礼勿言，非礼勿动。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

     Zǐ yuē: “Fēilǐ wù shì, fēilǐ wù tīng, fēilǐ wù yán, fēilǐ wù dòng.” [Pinyin]

     The Master said, "Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety.