# 禮金
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǐjīn
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lai$^5$ gam$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lî-kîm
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lé-kim
    (Teochew, Peng'im): loi$^2$ gim$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǐjīn
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǐjin
*** Wade–Giles: li$^3$-chin$^1$
*** Yale: lǐ-jīn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liijin
*** Palladius: лицзинь (liczinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lai$^5$ gam$^1$
*** Yale: láih gām
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lai$^5$ gam$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lei$^5$ gem$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐi̯¹³ kɐm⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-kîm
*** Hakka Romanization System: li$^ˊ$ gim$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: li$^1$ gim$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /li²⁴⁻¹¹ kim²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lé-kim
*** Tâi-lô: lé-kim
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lefkym
*** IPA (Xiamen): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kim³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /le⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: loi$^2$ gim$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lói kim
*** Sinological IPA : /loi⁵²⁻³⁵ kim³³/

### Noun

禮金
* betrothal money for the bride's family during engagement
* gift of money; monetary gift
* key money

#### Synonyms

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