讳 huì — to conceal; to avoid as taboo; to shun
讳
Level 1 · Common HSK 7-9 #551
Traditional:
諱
huì hui4
Basic definition
verb
Detailed explanation
verb
- (形声。从言，韦声。本义:避忌。有顾忌而躲开某些事或不说某些话)
- avoid as;taboo，tabu e.g 直言不讳 讳名 · 讳恶 · 讳亡
- conceal e.g 讳疾 · 讳匿 · 讳过 · 讳恶不悛
- fear
- die
noun
- forbidden word;taboo，tabu e.g 犯讳
- the name of deceased emperor or head of a family
Related words
- 忌讳 taboo; to avoid as taboo
- 直言不讳 to speak bluntly without reserve
- 毋庸讳言 needless to say; no denying the obvious
- 讳言 to avoid speaking openly; to hush up
- 避讳 to avoid a taboo; to dodge
- 隐讳 to conceal; to hold back out of scruple
- 讳莫如深 to keep deeply secret
- 供认不讳 to confess fully and unreservedly
- 不讳 to speak without reserve; euphemistically, to pass away
- 讳疾忌医 to conceal one's illness and avoid the doctor; (fig.) to hide one's faults from
- 名讳 taboo name (of a respected person)
- 无可讳言 there is no need to hide it; frankly speaking
- 讳忌 to treat as taboo; to avoid from scruple