厚禮

Chinese

		generous; thick (for flat things)	gift; propriety; rite
trad. (厚禮)		厚	禮
simp. (厚礼)		厚	礼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòulǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁵ lai⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kāu-lé / hō͘-lé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòulǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòulǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-li³
    • Yale: hòu-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howlii
    • Palladius: хоули (xouli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁵ lai⁵
    • Yale: háuh láih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁵ lai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁵ lei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯¹³ lɐi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kāu-lé
    • Tâi-lô: kāu-lé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kauxlea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau³³⁻²¹ le⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau²²⁻²¹ le⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau³³⁻¹¹ le⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-lé
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-lé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxlea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ le⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ le⁵³/

Noun

厚禮

1. lavish gift; generous gift

   Antonym: 薄禮 / 薄礼 (bólǐ)

2. grand ceremony