財禮

Chinese

		money; wealth; riches money; wealth; riches; property; valuables	gift; propriety; rite
trad. (財禮)		財	禮
simp. (财礼)		财	礼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáilǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ lai⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): châi-lé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cáilǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cáilǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai²-li³
    • Yale: tsái-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsairlii
    • Palladius: цайли (cajli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi⁴ lai⁵
    • Yale: chòih láih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ lai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ lei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ lɐi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi-lé
    • Tâi-lô: tsâi-lé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zailea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² le⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² le⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai¹³⁻²² le⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai²⁴⁻¹¹ le⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai²³⁻³³ le⁴¹/

Noun

財禮

1. betrothal gifts (from the bridegroom's to the bride's family); bride price

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 彩禮 (“betrothal gifts”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		定禮, 聘金, 聘禮, 彩禮, 財禮
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	定禮
	Taiwan	聘金
	Chengde	彩禮
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	彩禮
	Heihe	彩禮
	Qiqihar	彩禮
	Harbin	彩禮
	Jiamusi	彩禮
	Baicheng	彩禮
	Changchun	彩禮
	Tonghua	彩禮
	Shenyang	彩禮
	Jinzhou	彩禮
	Singapore	聘金
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	彩禮
	Tangshan	彩禮
	Cangzhou	彩禮
	Baoding	聘禮
	Shijiazhuang	彩禮
	Lijin	順柬兒
	Jinan	彩禮
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	定禮兒
	Dandong	彩禮
	Yantai	彩禮
	Qingdao	彩禮
	Zhucheng	彩禮
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	聘禮
	Jining	彩禮
	Linfen	彩禮
	Shangqiu	彩禮
	Yuanyang	彩禮
	Zhengzhou	彩禮
	Xinyang	彩禮
	Baihe	彩禮
	Xi'an	彩禮, 財禮
	Baoji	彩禮
	Tianshui	彩禮
	Xining	彩禮, 定禮
	Xuzhou	彩禮, 聘禮
	Fuyang	彩禮
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	彩禮
	Lanzhou	彩禮
	Dunhuang	彩禮
	Hami	彩禮
	Ürümqi	彩禮, 定禮
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	彩禮, 定禮
	Nanchong	彩禮
	Dazhou	禮性
	Hanyuan	彩禮, 財禮 dated
	Xichang	彩禮
	Zigong	彩禮, 禮
	Chongqing	聘禮
	Wuhan	彩禮, 聘禮
	Yichang	彩禮
	Xiangyang	彩禮
	Tianmen	彩禮, 聘禮
	Guiyang	彩禮
	Zunyi	彩禮
	Bijie	彩禮, 彩
	Liping	籃子
	Zhaotong	禮
	Kunming	彩禮
	Mengzi	彩禮
	Guilin	彩禮
	Liuzhou	彩禮
	Jishou	禮
	Changde	聘禮
	Hanzhong	彩禮
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	彩禮
	Yangzhou	彩禮, 財禮
	Lianyungang	彩禮
	Lianshui	彩禮
	Nantong	禮金錢
	Anqing	彩禮
	Wuhu	彩禮
	Hefei	彩禮
	Hong'an	彩禮, 聘禮, 大禮
Cantonese	Hong Kong	禮金
	Dongguan	定銀, 禮金
	Singapore (Guangfu)	聘金
Gan	Nanchang	財禮
	Lichuan	財禮
	Pingxiang	財禮, 鋪程禮 dated
Hakka	Meixian	聘金, 身價銀
	Yudu	禮金錢
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聘金
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	聘金
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聘金
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	聘金
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	聘金
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	聘金
Huizhou	Jixi	聘禮
	Shexian	聘禮
Jin	Taiyuan	彩禮, 定禮
	Yangyuan	彩禮
	Datong	彩禮
	Xinzhou	彩禮
	Lüliang (Lishi)	彩禮
	Changzhi	彩禮
	Linhe	彩禮
	Jining	彩禮
	Hohhot	彩禮
	Erenhot	彩禮
	Pingshan	彩禮
	Zhangjiakou	彩禮
	Handan	彩禮
	Linzhou	彩禮
	Suide	財禮 dated
Northern Min	Jian'ou	財禮
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	聘金, 禮金, 辦金
Southern Min	Xiamen	聘金
	Quanzhou	聘金
	Zhangzhou	聘金
	Singapore (Hokkien)	聘金
	Singapore (Teochew)	聘金
	Leizhou	聘禮
	Haikou	定禮
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	彩禮
Wu	Shanghai	財禮
	Danyang	禮金, 定禮
	Hangzhou	財禮, 聘金
	Ningbo	聘金, 聘禮
	Wenzhou	財禮
	Jinhua	聘金
Xiang	Loudi	定禮