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礼节

lǐ jié

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 禮節

礼节 (lǐ jié) means "etiquette". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 礼节 means

1. etiquette

The characters in 礼节

• 礼lǐgift; rite; ceremony
• 节jiéjoint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term…

Example sentences

• 他们礼节性地相互打了个招呼。
  They exchanged formal greetings.
• 我们老师确实很讲究礼节，不是吗？
  Wǒmen lǎoshī quèshí hěn jiǎngjiu lǐjié, bùshìma?
  Our teacher really stands on ceremony, doesn't she?
• 现今，人们不再像过去那样遵守礼节。
  Xiànjīn, rénmen bù zài xiàng guòqù nàyàng zūnshǒu lǐjié.
  Politeness is less observed today than it used to be.

Where 礼节 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · lèng–lǐ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lǐ jié correctly.
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