粵

失sat1禮lai5

simp失礼
sat1 lai5shī lǐ

English

  1. to act discourteously
  2. (verb) lose face
  3. forgive me (for my impropriety)
  4. show politeness
  5. to lose one's face or cause somebody to lose face
  6. impolite; indiscreet; breaching of etiquette

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 客氣説話。唔似樣、不成敬意
  2. 冇面;令到人冇面
  3. 冇禮貌

Examples

  • 不要失礼。

    Don't be rude.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 我不想失禮。

    I don't mean to be rude.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 我沒想失禮。

    I didn't mean to be rude.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 莎米無意失禮。

    Sami didn't mean to be rude.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 你这么说很失礼。

    It is rude of you to say so.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 間屋好亂,失禮晒!

    My place is so messy. Hope you don't mind.

  • 小小心意,失禮失禮。

    A small gift for you. Hope you like it.

  • 你今晚去飲要着靚啲,唔好失禮我啊。

    Please dress nicer for the wedding tonight so I won't lose face.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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