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失礼

shī lǐ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 失禮

失礼 (shī lǐ) means "to act discourteously; forgive me (for my impropriety)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 失礼 means

1. to act discourteously
2. forgive me (for my impropriety)

The characters in 失礼

• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 礼lǐgift; rite; ceremony

Example sentences

• 不要失礼。
  Bù yào shīlǐ.
  Don't be rude!
• 我没想失礼。
  I didn't mean to be rude.
• 我不想失礼。
  I don't mean to be rude.
• 你这么说很失礼。
  Nǐ zhème shuō hěn shīlǐ.
  It is rude of you to say so.
• 你这幺说很失礼。
  It is rude of you to say so.
• 莎米没想失礼的。
  Sami didn't mean to be rude.

Sounds the same

Read shī lǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 施礼to salute; to greet
• 诗礼the classics a Confucian scholar must read (such as The Book of Songs 诗经

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shī lǐ correctly.
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