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失禮

简失礼 · 繁失禮

Cantonese · source Jyutpingsat1 lai5

(verb) lose face

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

sat11 · high levelchecked · -tlai55 · low rising

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Same syllable, six tones

sat失sat1to losesat2—sat3—sat4—sat5—實sat6real

lailai1—lai2—lai3—黎lai4black 礼lai5gift 丽lai6beautiful

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

失禮礼

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

失禮 shī lǐ CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto act discourteously; forgive me (for my impropriety)

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: shi1 li3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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