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行禮

简行礼 · 繁行禮

Mandarin · pinyin xíng lǐ

to salute
to make one's salutations

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行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
禮: lǐ · social custom; manners; courtesy; rites
礼: lǐ · social custom; manners; courtesy; rites

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2–3 · xing2 li3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

haang4 lai5

Cantonese word readings for 行禮. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

(verb-object) to salute; to make one's salutations (e.g. by bowing)
(verb-object) to conduct a ceremony
(Hong Kong) to conduct a wedding ceremony
(dialectal) to present gifts

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