避諱

避諱

See also: 避讳

Chinese

		avoid; shun; flee avoid; shun; flee; escape; leave; to keep away; to leave; to hide	avoid mentioning; to taboo
trad. (避諱)		避	諱
simp. (避讳)		避	讳

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìhuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ wai⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): pī-hùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìhuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìhuèi
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-hui⁴
    • Yale: bì-hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihhuey
    • Palladius: бихуэй (bixuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ xweɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei⁶ wai⁵
    • Yale: beih wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ wei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² wɐi̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī-hùi
    • Tâi-lô: pī-huì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pixhuix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²²⁻²¹ hui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹⁻²² hui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²²⁻²¹ hui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi³³⁻¹¹ hui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi³³⁻²¹ hui²¹/

Verb

避⫽諱 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (historical) to observe the Chinese naming taboo

See also

公諱／公讳 (gōnghuì) 君諱／君讳 (jūnhuì) 國諱／国讳 (guóhuì)

家諱／家讳 (jiāhuì) 私諱／私讳 (sīhuì) 聖人諱／圣人讳 (shèngrénhuì)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìhuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ wai⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): pī-hùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìhuì → bìhui (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ → ㄅㄧˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìhue̊i
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-hui⁵
    • Yale: bì-hwei
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih.huey
    • Palladius: бихуэй (bixuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ xweɪ̯⁵¹/ → /pi⁵¹ xweɪ̯¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei⁶ wai⁵
    • Yale: beih wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ wei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² wɐi̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī-hùi
    • Tâi-lô: pī-huì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pixhuix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²²⁻²¹ hui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹⁻²² hui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²²⁻²¹ hui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi³³⁻¹¹ hui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi³³⁻²¹ hui²¹/

Verb

避諱

1. to avoid using an inauspicious or vulgar word or phrase
2. (colloquial) to refrain from; to avoid

Synonyms

• (to avoid using an inauspicious or vulgar word or phrase): 忌諱／忌讳 (jìhuì), (Min Nan) 忌克
• (to refrain from):

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Synonyms of 避諱

匿藏 (nìcáng) 埋藏 (máicáng) (figuratively) 暗囥 (Min Nan) 暗藏 (àncáng) 藏身 (cángshēn) 藏躲 (cángduǒ) 躲藏 (duǒcáng) 躲避 (duǒbì) 逃 (táo) 逃匿 (táonì) 逃避 (táobì) 潛藏／潜藏 (qiáncáng) 竄／窜 (cuàn) (literary, or in compounds)

竄匿／窜匿 (cuànnì) 藏蹤／藏踪 (cángzōng) 覕囥／𰴕囥 (Min Nan) 走覕／走𰴕 (Min Nan) 走閃／走闪 (Min Nan) 迴避／回避 (huíbì) 閃覕／闪𰴕 (Min Nan) 隱秘／隐秘 (yǐnmì) 隱蔽／隐蔽 (yǐnbì) 隱藏／隐藏 (yǐncáng) 隱覕／隐𰴕 (ín-bih, ún-bih) (Min Nan) 隱避／隐避 (yǐnbì)