# 失禮
## Chinese

* This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shīlǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄌㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sat$^1$ lai$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sṳt-lî
    (Hailu, HRS): shid li$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sed$^5$ li$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): sék-lā̤
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sit-lé
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$seq-li
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shīlǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄌㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shihlǐ
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^1$-li$^3$
*** Yale: shr̄-lǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shylii
*** Palladius: шили (šili)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$失禮 / 失礼 施禮 / 施礼
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sat$^1$ lai$^5$
*** Yale: sāt láih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sat$^7$ lai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sed$^1$ lei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐt̚⁵ lɐi̯¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt-lî
*** Hakka Romanization System: siid$^ˋ$ li$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sid$^5$ li$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚² li²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: shid li$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʃit⁵⁻² li⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sed$^5$ li$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /sət̚¹ li⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sék-lā̤
*** Sinological IPA : /siʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ l̃ɛ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-lé
*** Tâi-lô: sit-lé
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sitlea
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ le⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ le⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²⁻⁵ le⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ le⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ le⁴¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$seq-li
*** MiniDict: seh$^入$ li
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$seq-li
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /səʔ³³ li⁴⁴/

### Verb

失禮
* to lack manners; to be impolite; to breach etiquette
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE, translation from Zuozhuan: Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" (2017), by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li and David Schaberg
    Jūnzǐ yuē: “Shīlǐ wéimìng, yí qí wéiqín yě. Róng, zhāo guǒyì yǐ tīng zhī, zhī wèi lǐ. Shādí wéi guǒ, zhìguǒ wéi yì. Yì zhī, lù yě.” [Pinyin]
    The noble man said, “He deviated from ritual propriety and disobeyed commands. It is fitting that he became a captive. In martial affairs, to manifest decisiveness and determination in obeying commands is ritual propriety. To kill the enemy is decisiveness; to sustain decisiveness is determination. To change this is to incur punishment and execution.”
    From: c. 77 B.C.E., 劉向 (Liu Xiang), 《說苑》 (Garden of Stories), chapter 6
    Chén dāng sǐ, wǎngzhě zuì shīlǐ, wáng yǐnrěn bù jiā zhū yě; chén zhōng bùgǎn yǐ yīnbì zhī dé ér bùxiǎn bào wáng yě, cháng yuàn gānnǎotúdì, yòng jǐng xuè jiān dí jiǔ yǐ, chén nǎi yè juéyīng zhě. [Pinyin]
    I should have been put to death. In the past, I got drunk and forgot my manners. Your Majesty showed restraint and did not put me to death. I would never dare not overtly repay Your Majesty's covert kindness. I would rather put my life on the line and drown the enemy in my own blood, for I am the one whose headpiece cord was yanked off on that night.

#### Synonyms

* 沒禮貌／没礼貌
* 無禮／无礼 (wúlǐ)
* (Cantonese) 冇禮貌／冇礼貌
* (Hokkien) 無紀綱／无纪纲, 無紀無綱／无纪无纲

#### Derived terms

* 擡棺材甩褲——失禮死人 / 抬棺材甩裤——失礼死人

### Interjection

失禮
* (chiefly Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) I'm sorry; excuse me

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 對不起 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 對不起 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 對不起 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 對不起 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 對不起 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 對不起 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jilin | 對不住 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 對不起 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 對不起 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 對不起 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 對不起 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 對不起 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 對不住 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Xingtai | 對不住 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 對不起, 對不住 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 對不起 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 對不起 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 對不起, 對不住 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 對不住 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhumadian | 對不住 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhoukou | 對不住 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Nanyang | 對不起, 對不住 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linyi | 對不起, 對不住 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 對不起, 不好意思 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 對不起, 外氣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Kaifeng | 對不住 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 對不起, 對不住 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xianyang | 對不起 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 擔持 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 對不起 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 對不起 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 對不起 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 對不起, 對不住, 不好意思, 抱歉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 對不起 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Lhasa | 對不起 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 對不起 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 不好意思 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 對沒起, 沒好意思 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 對不起 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 對不起 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Taizhou | 對不起 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 對不起 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 對不住 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 對唔住 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 對唔住, sorry, sor informal |
| Cantonese | Macau | 對唔住 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 對唔住 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 對冇住 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 對唔住 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 對唔住 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 不好得的 |
| Gan | Yichun | 對不住 |
| Gan | Ji'an | 難為你 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 對唔住 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 唔好意思 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 失禮, 敗勢, 斯里麻生 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 失禮, 壞勢, 斯里麻生 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 失禮, 敗勢, 斯里麻生 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 失禮, 敗勢, 歪勢, 斯里麻生 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 失禮, 敗勢, 斯里麻生 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 失禮, 歹勢, 斯里麻生 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 敗勢 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 對不起 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 對伓住 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 對不住 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 對不住 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 歹勢, 對不住, 失禮 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 歹勢, 對不住 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 䆀勢, 對不住 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 失禮, 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 失禮 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 失禮, 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 失禮 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 失禮, 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 失禮 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 失禮 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 失禮, 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 失禮 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 失禮 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 失禮 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 歹勢, sorry |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 歹勢, 對毋住, sorry |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 歹勢, 對不住 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 對唔住 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 對唔住 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 對唔住, 歹勢 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 勿好意思, 對勿起 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang) | 對勿起 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 對勿起 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong) | 對勿起 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 對勿起 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 對勿住 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 對弗起 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 對弗住 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 對弗起 |
| Wu | Taicang | 抱歉 |
| Wu | Zhangjiagang | 對弗起 |
| Wu | Haining (Xiashi) | 對勿住 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 對勿起 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 對不起 |
| Wu | Tonglu | 對勿住 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 對勿住 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 交代勿過, 勿好意思 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 對勿住, 交代勿過 |
| Wu | Cixi | 交代弗過 |
| Wu | Taizhou (Jiaojiang) | 對弗住 |
| Wu | Linhai | 對弗住 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 對否起 |
| Wu | Rui'an | 對否起 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 對弗住, 弗好意思 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 對不住 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 對不住 |

### Further reading

* “Entry #1836”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 失 | 禮 |
| しつ Grade: 4 | れい Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 失禮 – see the following entry. :
| 【失礼しつれい】 | [adjective] rude, impolite, ill-mannered [noun] rudeness, impoliteness [interjection] I'm sorry, excuse me [verb] to be rude, to do something rude |
(This term, 失禮, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 失 | 禮 |

### Noun

失禮 • (sillye) (hangeul 실례)
* hanja form of 실례 (“discourtesy, bad manners”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 失 | 禮 |

### Adjective

失禮
* chữ Hán form of thất lễ (“impolite”).