# 禮物
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǐwù
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lai$^5$ mat$^6$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'li$^3$ ut$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lî-vu̍t
* Eastern Min (BUC): lā̤-ŭk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lé-bu̍t / lé-mi̍h / lé-mn̍gh
    (Teochew, Peng'im): li$^2$ muêh$^8$ / loi$^2$ muêh$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$li-veq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): li$^3$ u$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǐwù
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǐwù
*** Wade–Giles: li$^3$-wu$^4$
*** Yale: lǐ-wù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liiwuh
*** Palladius: лиу (liu)
*** Sinological IPA : /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lai$^5$ mat$^6$
*** Yale: láih maht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lai$^5$ mat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lei$^5$ med$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐi̯¹³ mɐt̚²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'li$^3$ ut$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈli²¹³⁻¹³ ut̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-vu̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: li$^ˊ$ vud
*** Hagfa Pinyim: li$^1$ vud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /li²⁴⁻¹¹ vut̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lā̤-ŭk
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃ɛ³³⁻²¹ uʔ⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lé-bu̍t
*** Tâi-lô: lé-bu̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lefbut
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /le⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ but̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /le⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ but̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ but̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ but̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lé-mi̍h
*** Tâi-lô: lé-mi̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lefmih
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ¹²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Philippines): /le⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ miʔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /le⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ⁴/
** (Hokkien: dated in Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lé-mn̍gh
*** Tâi-lô: lé-mn̍gh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lefmngh
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mŋ̍ʔ²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: li$^2$ muêh$^8$ / loi$^2$ muêh$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lí mue̍h / lói mue̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /li⁵²⁻³⁵ mueʔ⁴/, /loi⁵²⁻³⁵ mueʔ⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$li-veq
*** MiniDict: li$^去$ veh
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$li-veq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²² vəʔ⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: li$^3$ u$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /li⁴¹ u²⁴/

### Noun

禮物
* gift; present (Classifier: 件; 份; 個／个)
       $^6$zhia-zhia $^6$non-geq $^6$li-veq [Wugniu]
       Thank you for your gift.
* (obsolete) rites and relics
    From: Forged Old Text of the Book of Documents, circa 3rd – 4th century CE
    Wáng ruò yuē: “Yóu! Yīn wáng yuánzǐ! Wéi jīgǔ, chóngdé xiàngxián. Tǒngchéng xiānwáng, xiū qí lǐwù.” [Pinyin]
    The king speaks as follows: Ho! Eldest son of the king of Yin [i.e. Shang], examining into antiquity, the honouring of the virtuous [belongs to their descendants] who resemble them in worth, and [I appoint] you to continue the line of the kings your ancestors, observing their ceremonies and taking care of their various relics.

#### Synonyms

* 禮品／礼品 (lǐpǐn)
* (Hakka, Hokkien) 等路
* (Hokkien) 手伴, 伴手 (phōaⁿ-chhiú), 手素料, 帶手物／带手物

#### Derived terms

* 拆禮物日 / 拆礼物日 (Chāilǐwùrì)
* 禮物店 / 礼物店

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 礼物(れいもつ) (reimotsu)
* → Korean: 예물(禮物) (yemul)
* → Vietnamese: lễ vật (禮物)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 禮 | 物 |
| れい Jinmeiyō | もつ Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

禮(れい)物(もつ) • (reimotsu)
* gift, present

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 禮 | 物 |

### Noun

禮物 • (yemul) (hangeul 예물)
* hanja form of 예물 (“gift, present”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 禮 | 物 |

### Noun

禮物
* chữ Hán form of lễ vật (“offering”).