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Definition
Etiquette, protocol, or manners; customary forms of greeting and wishing well in daily and social life.
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How it's used
While 禮節 refers to specific formal or conventional rules of conduct, it is often used interchangeably with 禮貌 when describing a person's general manners. However, 禮節 carries a stronger sense of structured, ritualistic, or situational protocols compared to the more personal trait of 禮貌. It is common to hear people discuss 禮節 in the context of business, formal dining, or cultural traditions.
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He has great etiquette with people, everyone likes him a lot.
When visiting someone's home, what basic etiquette should I pay attention to?
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Common mistake
Learners often confuse 禮節 with 禮貌. Remember that 禮貌 is a personal quality or attitude of being polite, whereas 禮節 refers to the actual set of rules or customary practices one is expected to follow in a social situation.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
