私諱

Chinese

		personal; private; selfish	avoid mentioning; to taboo
trad. (私諱)		私	諱
simp. (私讳)		私	讳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sīhuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīhuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihhuèi
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-hui⁴
    • Yale: sz̄-hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhuey
    • Palladius: сыхуэй (syxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

私諱

1. (historical) the Chinese naming taboo against writing the name of one's ancestor

   Synonym: 家諱／家讳 (jiāhuì)

   Coordinate terms: 國諱／国讳 (guóhuì), 公諱／公讳 (gōnghuì), 君諱／君讳 (jūnhuì), 聖人諱／圣人讳 (shèngrénhuì)

See also

• 避諱／避讳 (bìhuì)