GALLANTRY
COMMENDABLY POLITE TEASING ATTENTION, ESPECIALLY of MEN towards WOMEN, PLAYFULLY PRETENDING SEXUAL INTEREST.
Modern Chinese Criteria
The Chinese words offered in dictionaries are words of flattery and connote no erotic interest. On the other hand the field of flattery is abundantly populated with words:
殷勤
獻殷勤
拍馬屁
灌米湯
吹喇叭
抬轎子
吹吹拍拍
戴高帽子
阿諛逢迎
阿諛奉承
阿其所好
投其所好
依阿取容
偷合苟容
先意承旨
曲意逢迎
脅肩諂笑
吮癰舐痔
溜須拍馬
See also
- EROTICTEMPTING ONE TO THINK OF WHAT IS SEXY.
Hypernym
- POLITE Be APPROPRIATELY RESPECTFUL IN ACTING TOWARDS OTHERS. (anc: 10/0, child: 2)
- RESPECT ADMIRE as NOBLE AND SERVE POLITELY. (anc: 9/0, child: 3)
- ADMIRE APPRECIATE AND DELIGHT in what one BELIEVES is MORE GOOD IN-RELATION-TO either ONESELF OR IN-RELATION-TO what is COMMON. (anc: 8/0, child: 1)
Other Hypernyms
- POLITEnew-79fdb513-c9fe-465c-bdb5-13c9fe765c68 Be APPROPRIATELY RESPECTFUL IN ACTING TOWARDS OTHERS. (anc: 15/2, child: 2)
- RESPECTnew-e376eea2-c2b2-4225-b6ee-a2c2b222257c ADMIRE as NOBLE AND SERVE POLITELY. (anc: 14/1, child: 3)
- ADMIREnew-0fef1e8e-f1b4-4088-af1e-8ef1b4d0882f APPRECIATE AND DELIGHT in what one BELIEVES is MORE GOOD IN-RELATION-TO either ONESELF OR IN-RELATION-TO what is COMMON. (anc: 13/0, child: 1)
- POLITEnew-cbfafaed-be5e-4b0a-bafa-edbe5efb0a78 Be APPROPRIATELY RESPECTFUL IN ACTING TOWARDS OTHERS. (anc: 15/2, child: 2)
- RESPECTnew-ae28bcf5-bcea-477b-a8bc-f5bcea977bd0 ADMIRE as NOBLE AND SERVE POLITELY. (anc: 14/1, child: 3)
- ADMIREnew-0259c801-ad59-4e76-99c8-01ad594e76a3 APPRECIATE AND DELIGHT in what one BELIEVES is MORE GOOD IN-RELATION-TO either ONESELF OR IN-RELATION-TO what is COMMON. (anc: 13/0, child: 1)