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禮lai5貌maau6

simp礼貌
lai5 maau6lǐ mào

English

  1. courtesy; politeness; manners
  2. courteous; polite
  3. courtesy; politeness; good manners

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 社會中人同人相處時日積月累而成嘅禮節,唔同地方都有唔同表達禮貌嘅方法,但通常都係用嚟表達尊重或者敬意

Examples

  • 咁冇禮貌嘅?

    That's incredibly rude.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 手指指冇禮貌。

    It's not polite to point at others.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 佢一啲禮貌都冇。

    He has no manners at all.

    Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

  • 你笑住講唔會令到你有禮貌咗個喎。

    Saying it with a smile, doesn't make it any less rude.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 佢係個冇禮貌嘅人嚟架。

    Tatoeba · dngzz1 CC BY

  • 「我可唔可以坐喺度?」係第一次見人嗰陣用嘅。呢個唔係好嬲噉嘅表情,係一種有禮貌嘅聆聽方式。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 冇禮貌

    to be impolite

  • 有禮貌

    to be polite

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

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