Chinese symbol for “etiquette”
礼仪
lǐ yí
Traditional: 禮儀
etiquette; ceremony
The closest CC-CEDICT match for etiquette is 礼仪 (lǐ yí), defined as: etiquette; ceremony.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “etiquette”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 礼节 (禮節) | lǐ jié | etiquette |
| 礼俗 (禮俗) | lǐ sú | etiquette; custom |
| 礼法 (禮法) | lǐ fǎ | etiquette; ceremonial rites |
| 礼制 (禮制) | lǐ zhì | etiquette; system of rites |
| 礼数 (禮數) | lǐ shù | etiquette; (old) gradation of etiquette with social status |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 礼仪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 礼物 (禮物) | lǐ wù | gift; present; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 份 (fèn) |
| 婚礼 (婚禮) | hūn lǐ | wedding ceremony; wedding |
| 礼拜 (禮拜) | lǐ bài | to attend a religious service; (coll.) week |
| 礼貌 (禮貌) | lǐ mào | courtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite |
| 典礼 (典禮) | diǎn lǐ | ceremony; celebration |
| 仪式 (儀式) | yí shì | ceremony |
| 仪器 (儀器) | yí qì | instrument; apparatus; 台 (tái) |
| 仪表 (儀表) | yí biǎo | appearance; bearing |
See also: Japanese symbol for “etiquette”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.