HSK 6 · Society

典礼 diǎnlǐ “ceremony” in Chinese

Said as diánlǐ

Traditional 典禮

What 典礼 means

  1. ceremony
  2. celebration

How to say 典礼

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale典diǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale礼lǐ3rd tone, dipping

Said as diánlǐ. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

典礼 in a sentence

  1. 明天举行典礼。

    Míngtiān jǔxíng diǎnlǐ.

    The ceremony will be held tomorrow.

    Sentence #528020 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我不想参加典礼。

    Wǒ bù xiǎng cānjiā diǎnlǐ.

    I don’t want to attend the ceremony.

    Sentence #400984 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 典礼结束时，新人接了吻。

    Diǎnlǐ jiéshù shí, xīnrén jiē le wěn.

    At the end of the ceremony, the newlyweds kissed.

    Sentence #472918 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 典礼 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 典 (diǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
典diǎncanon
  • 曲crooked · qū
  • 八eight · bā

Memory aidThe top was once 册, a bundle of bamboo books, resting on a stand: important books, as in 词典 (cídiǎn) “dictionary”.

The character 礼 (lǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
礼lǐgift
  • 礻sign form of 示 · shìMeaning part
  • 乚second (cyclical) form of 乙 · yǐSound part

礻 hints at the meaning (sign); 乚 (yǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with lǐ.

How to write 典礼

典 8 strokes · 礼 5 strokes

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典礼 (diǎnlǐ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 典礼 (diǎnlǐ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 典礼

Words with 典

词典cídiǎn · dictionary字典zìdiǎn · dictionary (of characters)经典jīngdiǎn · classic古典gǔdiǎn · classical典型diǎnxíng · typical

Words with 礼

礼物lǐwù · gift礼貌lǐmào · courtesy礼拜天Lǐbàitiān · Sunday婚礼hūnlǐ · wedding ceremony敬礼jìnglǐ · to salute礼节lǐjié · etiquette礼尚往来lǐshàngwǎnglái · courtesy calls for reciprocity

More words: Society & Law

当事人dāngshìrén · party (involved)当选dāngxuǎn · to be elected盗窃dàoqiè · to steal打仗dǎzhàng · to fight a war抵制dǐzhì · to boycott动荡dòngdàng · turmoil东道主dōngdàozhǔ · host动员dòngyuán · to mobilise

FAQs

典礼 (diǎnlǐ) means “ceremony” or “celebration”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it diǎnlǐ: diǎn with a 3rd tone, then lǐ with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like diánlǐ. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 典礼 is written 典禮. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dianli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 典礼 from the suggestions. Typing dianli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
典礼 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.