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In Chinese, old Korean Hanja, and old Japanese Kanji, 禮儀 means “etiquette” or “courtesy.”
You'll also find a Japanese entry on our website, which uses a modern/simplified first Kanji. The characters shown here compose the best choice if your audience is Chinese or Korean - but also acceptable if you want an ancient-style Japanese scroll (in modern Japanese, it has the same pronunciation, but is written 礼儀).
Note: This can also be translated as propriety, decorum, or formality.
In Japanese, 礼儀 means “manners,” “courtesy,” or “etiquette.”
This also clearly means etiquette in Chinese, though the first Japanese Kanji has been “modernized” and happens to be the same as the modern Simplified Chinese version. Therefore, this word will be understood by both Japanese and Chinese people but best if your audience is mostly Japanese (Chinese people would generally prefer the ancient Traditional Chinese version).
禮貌 is a Chinese and old Korean word that means courtesy or politeness.
Courtesy is being polite and having good manners. When you speak and act courteously, you give others a feeling of being valued and respected. Greet people pleasantly. Bring courtesy home. Your family needs it most of all. Courtesy helps life to go smoothly.
If you put the words "fēi cháng bù" in front of this, it is like adding "very much not." it’s a great insult in China, as nobody wants to be called "extremely discourteous" or "very much impolite."
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your courteous search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
懇 恳 see styles |
kěn ken3 k`en ken nengoro ねんごろ nemokoro ねもころ |
earnest (irregular okurigana usage) (adjectival noun) (1) kind; courteous; hospitable; warmly respectful; (2) intimate; (noun/participle) (3) (archaism) becoming intimate; having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship); (irregular okurigana usage) (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (adjectival noun) (1) kind; courteous; hospitable; warmly respectful; (2) intimate; (noun/participle) (3) (archaism) becoming intimate; having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship) |
Variations: |
goteinei / gotene ごていねい |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (honorific or respectful language) (See 丁寧・1) polite; courteous; civil; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (honorific or respectful language) (See 丁寧・2) careful; close; thorough; conscientious; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) (used sarcastically) overly courteous; overly careful; overly thorough |
禮貌 礼貌 see styles |
lǐ mào li3 mao4 li mao |
More info & calligraphy: Courtesy / Politeness |
你 see styles |
nǐ ni3 ni |
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2]) |
怹 see styles |
tān tan1 t`an tan |
he; she; (courteous, as opposed to 他[ta1]) |
您 see styles |
nín nin2 nin |
you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3]) |
丁寧 丁宁 see styles |
dīng níng ding1 ning2 ting ning teinei / tene ていねい |
variant of 叮嚀|叮咛[ding1 ning2] (noun or adjectival noun) (1) polite; courteous; civil; (2) careful; close; thorough; conscientious |
丁重 see styles |
teichou / techo ていちょう |
(noun or adjectival noun) polite; courteous; hospitable |
令愛 令爱 see styles |
lìng ài ling4 ai4 ling ai reia / rea れいあ |
(courteous) your daughter (female given name) Reia |
儒雅 see styles |
rú yǎ ru2 ya3 ju ya juga |
scholarly; refined; cultured; courteous elegant |
分心 see styles |
fēn xīn fen1 xin1 fen hsin |
to divert one's attention; to get distracted; (courteous) to be so good as to take care of (a matter) |
叮嚀 叮咛 see styles |
dīng níng ding1 ning2 ting ning teinei / tene ていねい |
to warn; to urge; to exhort; to give instructions carefully and insistently (noun or adjectival noun) (1) polite; courteous; civil; (2) careful; close; thorough; conscientious |
垂念 see styles |
chuí niàn chui2 nian4 ch`ui nien chui nien |
(courteous) to be so kind as to think of (me) |
客氣 客气 see styles |
kè qi ke4 qi5 k`o ch`i ko chi |
polite; courteous; formal; modest |
巧咲 see styles |
koushou / kosho こうしょう |
courteous laughter; forced laughter |
巧笑 see styles |
koushou / kosho こうしょう |
courteous laughter; forced laughter |
慇懃 殷勤 see styles |
yīn qín yin1 qin2 yin ch`in yin chin ingin いんぎん |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) polite; courteous; civil; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) friendship; (sexual) intimacy Zealous, careful. |
懇ろ see styles |
nengoro ねんごろ nemokoro ねもころ |
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (adjectival noun) (1) kind; courteous; hospitable; warmly respectful; (2) intimate; (noun/participle) (3) (archaism) becoming intimate; having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship) |
懇到 see styles |
kontou / konto こんとう |
(noun or adjectival noun) (obsolete) polite; courteous; considerate; attentive |
招聘 see styles |
zhāo pìn zhao1 pin4 chao p`in chao pin shouhei / shohe しょうへい |
to invite applications for a job; to recruit (1) (courteous) invitation; call; (noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru) (2) to invite (with the utmost courtesy, e.g. an expert or professor to give a lecture) |
捧讀 捧读 see styles |
pěng dú peng3 du2 p`eng tu peng tu |
(courteous) to read respectfully |
斗膽 斗胆 see styles |
dǒu dǎn dou3 dan3 tou tan |
(courteous) to be so bold as to |
清聴 see styles |
seichou / secho せいちょう |
(noun, transitive verb) (honorific or respectful language) attention; kind attention; courteous attention |
煩請 烦请 see styles |
fán qǐng fan2 qing3 fan ch`ing fan ching |
(courteous) would you please ... |
玉札 see styles |
yù zhá yu4 zha2 yü cha |
great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis), a plant whose root is used in TCM; (old) (courteous) your letter |
知禮 知礼 see styles |
zhī lǐ zhi1 li3 chih li chirei / chire ちれい |
to be well-mannered (personal name) Chirei Knowing the right modes of respect, or ceremonial; courteous, reverential; Zhili, name of the famous tenth-century monk of the Song dynasty, Siming 四明, so called after the name of his monastery, a follower of the Tiantai school, sought out by a Japanese deputation in 1017. |
礼遇 see styles |
reiguu / regu れいぐう |
(noun, transitive verb) courteous reception; honorable treatment; honourable treatment |
老總 老总 see styles |
lǎo zǒng lao3 zong3 lao tsung |
boss; sir (person with a leading role in an organization); (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA; (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official; (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer |
貴司 贵司 see styles |
guì sī gui4 si1 kuei ssu takaji たかじ |
(courteous) your company (personal name) Takaji |
貴恙 贵恙 see styles |
guì yàng gui4 yang4 kuei yang |
(courteous) your illness |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Courtesy Etiquette | 禮儀 礼仪 | lǐ yì / li3 yi4 / li yi / liyi | li i / lii | |
Courtesy Etiquette | 礼儀 / 禮儀 礼仪 | rei gi / reigi | lǐ yì / li3 yi4 / li yi / liyi | li i / lii |
Courtesy Politeness | 禮貌 礼貌 | lǐ mào / li3 mao4 / li mao / limao | ||
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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