# 禮儀
## Chinese
### Etymology

Attested earliest in the Classic of Poetry:
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Wéi bīn wéi kè, xiànchóu jiāocuò. Lǐyí zú dù, xiàoyǔ zú huò....... Lǐyí jì bèi, zhōnggǔ jì jiè....... [Pinyin]
    The guests and visitors present the cup, and drink all round. Every form is according to rule; every smile and word are as they should be. [...] The ceremonies having thus been completed, and the bells and drums having given their warning, [...]

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǐyí
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lai$^5$ ji$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lî-ngì
* Eastern Min (BUC): lā̤-ngì
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lé-gî
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǐyí
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǐyí
*** Wade–Giles: li$^3$-i$^2$
*** Yale: lǐ-yí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liiyi
*** Palladius: лии (lii)
*** Sinological IPA : /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ i³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lai$^5$ ji$^4$
*** Yale: láih yìh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lai$^5$ ji$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lei$^5$ yi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐi̯¹³ jiː²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî-ngì
*** Hakka Romanization System: li$^ˊ$ ngi$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: li$^1$ ngi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /li²⁴ ŋi¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lā̤-ngì
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃ɛ³³⁻²¹ ŋi⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lé-gî
*** Tâi-lô: lé-gî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lefgii
*** IPA (Xiamen): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡi²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡi²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡi¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡi²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /le⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡi²³/
* Middle Chinese: lejX ngje
Rime :
| Character | 禮 | 儀 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) | 支 (13) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | III |
| Fanqie | 盧啓切 | 魚羈切 |
| Baxter | lejX | ngje |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lei$^X$/ | /ŋˠiᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lei$^X$/ | /ŋᵚiɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lɛi$^X$/ | /ŋiɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɛj$^X$/ | /ŋjiə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /lei$^X$/ | /ŋje/ |
| Wang Li | /liei$^X$/ | /ŋǐe/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /liei$^X$/ | /ŋie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lǐ | yí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lai$^5$ | ji$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤijʔ ŋ(r)aj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*riːʔ ŋral/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 禮 | 儀 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | lǐ | yí |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ lej$^X$ › | ‹ ngje › |
| Old Chinese | /*[r]ˁijʔ/ | /*ŋ(r)aj/ |
| English | propriety, ceremony | right, proper; ceremony |
| 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 | 儀 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 7839 | 13046 |
| Phonetic component | 豊 | 我 |
| Rime group | 脂 | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 禮 | 宜 |
| Old Chinese | /*riːʔ/ | /*ŋral/ |

### Noun

禮儀
* ceremony; etiquette; rituals; rites; protocol; decorum
    From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
    Lǐyí sānbǎi, wēiyí sānqiān, dài qí rén ránhòu xíng. [Pinyin]
    The ceremonies of ritual number three hundred and the ceremonies of etiquette number three thousand: all await the right man before they can be put into practice.

#### Synonyms

* 儀式 / 仪式 (yíshì)
* 典禮 / 典礼 (diǎnlǐ)
* 式 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
* 禮義 / 礼义 (lǐyì)

#### Derived terms

* 時辰禮儀 / 时辰礼仪 (shíchén lǐyí)
* 禮儀之邦 / 礼仪之邦 (lǐyízhībāng)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 禮儀(れいぎ) (reigi)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 禮 | 儀 |
| れい Jinmeiyō | ぎ Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

禮(れい)儀(ぎ) • (reigi)
* Kyūjitai form of 礼儀 (“manners”)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 禮 | 儀 |

### Noun

禮儀 • (yeui) (hangeul 예의)
* hanja form of 예의

### Noun

禮儀 • (ryeui) (hangeul 례의)
* hanja form of 례의

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 禮 | 儀 |

### Verb

禮儀
* chữ Hán form of lễ nghi (“rites, rituals”).