# 禮義
## Chinese
### Etymology

Attested in Pre-Qin texts.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǐyì
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lai$^5$ ji$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lé-gī
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǐyì
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǐyì
*** Wade–Giles: li$^3$-i$^4$
*** Yale: lǐ-yì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liiyih
*** Palladius: лии (lii)
*** Sinological IPA : /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lai$^5$ ji$^6$
*** Yale: láih yih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lai$^5$ ji$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lei$^5$ yi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐi̯¹³ jiː²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lé-gī
*** Tâi-lô: lé-gī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lefgi
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /le⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡi³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡi³³/
* Middle Chinese: lejX ngjeH
Rime :
| Character | 禮 | 義 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) | 支 (13) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | III |
| Fanqie | 盧啓切 | 宜寄切 |
| Baxter | lejX | ngjeH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lei$^X$/ | /ŋˠiᴇ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lei$^X$/ | /ŋᵚiɛ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lɛi$^X$/ | /ŋiɛ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɛj$^X$/ | /ŋjiə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /lei$^X$/ | /ŋje$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /liei$^X$/ | /ŋǐe$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /liei$^X$/ | /ŋie̯$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lǐ | yì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lai$^5$ | ji$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤijʔ ŋ(r)aj-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*riːʔ ŋrals/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 禮 | 義 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | lǐ | yì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ lej$^X$ › | ‹ ngje$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[r]ˁijʔ/ | /*ŋ(r)aj-s/ |
| English | propriety, ceremony | duty; justice |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 禮 | 義 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 7839 | 13045 |
| Phonetic component | 豊 | 我 |
| Rime group | 脂 | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 禮 | 議 |
| Old Chinese | /*riːʔ/ | /*ŋrals/ |

### Noun

禮義
* propriety and righteousness
    From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
    Wànzhōng zé bù biàn lǐyì ér shòu zhī. Wànzhōng yú wǒ hé jiā yān? [Pinyin]
    And yet a man will accept of ten thousand zhong, without any consideration of propriety or righteousness. What can the ten thousand zhong add to him?
    From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Yǒu shàngxià ránhòu lǐyì yǒu suǒcuò. [Pinyin]
    When (the distinction of) high and low had existence, afterwards came the arrangements of propriety and righteousness.
* ceremony; etiquette; rituals; rites; protocol; decorum

#### Synonyms

* (ritual):
* 儀式 / 仪式 (yíshì)
* 典禮 / 典礼 (diǎnlǐ)
* 式 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
* 禮儀 / 礼仪 (lǐyí)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 禮 | 義 |

### Noun

禮義
* chữ Hán form of lễ nghĩa (“politeness and reason; decorum and decency; propriety and rectitude”).

### See also

* 禮儀 (lễ nghi)
* 禮法 (lễ phép)