讳 (諱) huì

1. huì verb to conceal
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '諱' v 2; Unihan '諱')
2. huì verb to shun; to avoid
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '諱' 3, pp. 176-177; Unihan '諱')
3. huì verb regard as taboo; to avoid speaking of
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Especially, avoiding using somebody's name (CC-CEDICT '諱'; Guoyu '諱' v 1; Kroll 2015 '諱' 1, p. 176; Unihan '諱'; Wilkinson 2015, p. 272)
4. huì noun a taboo name
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '諱'; Guoyu '諱' n 2; Kroll 2015 '諱' 2, p. 176)
5. huì noun a hidden object
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '諱' n 1)
6. huì verb disgusted by
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '諱' 3a, pp. 176-177; Unihan '諱')

Contained in

• 家讳(家諱) a family taboo
• 隐讳(隱諱) to hold back from saying precisely what is on one's mind
• 内讳(內諱) concealing of internal state matters
• 避讳(避諱) taboo on use of the ruler's name ; a taboo
• 公讳(公諱) taboo on use of the ruler's name
• 讳莫如深(諱莫如深) important matter that must be kept secret; don't breathe a word of it to anyone!
• 直言无讳(直言無諱) to speak one's mind; to speak candidly
• 供认不讳(供認不諱) to make a full confession; to plead guilty
• 犯忌讳(犯忌諱) to violate a taboo
• 讳疾忌医(諱疾忌醫) hiding a sickness for fear of treatment; concealing a fault to avoid criticism; to keep one's shortcomings secret
• 上讳(上諱) a taboo on use of the emperor's name
• 忌讳(忌諱) to avoid as taboo ; a sour fermented drink
• 讳称(諱稱) euphemism; word used to avoid a taboo reference
• 国讳(國諱) a taboo on use of the emperor's name
• 讳名(諱名) taboo name; name of deceased
• 直言不讳(直言不諱) to speak bluntly
• 不讳(不諱) without concealing anything; to pass away; to die
• 御讳(禦諱) a taboo on use of the emperor's name
• 名讳(名諱) a taboo on use of the emperor's name
• 隐讳号(隱諱號) cross symbol (×), used to replace a character one does not wish to display
• 多心忌讳(多心忌諱) obsessed with superstitions

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沮渠讳讳

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷1 序紀 Volume 1: Preface to Annals Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 29
• 卷十一　　列傳第一　后妃上 Volume 11 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts 1 History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 27
• 卷四十一 列傳第一 后妃 Volume 41 Biographies 1: Emperesses and Consorts Book of Song 宋書 — count: 23
• 僖公 Lord Xi Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳 — count: 21
• 卷99 私署凉州牧張實 鮮卑乞伏國仁 鮮卑秃發烏孤 私署凉王李暠 盧水胡沮渠蒙遜 Volume 99: Governor Mu Zhangshi of Liangzhou, Qifu Guoren of the Xianbei, Tufa Wugu of the Xianbei, Governor Liangwang Ligao, Juqu Mengxun of the Lushui People Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 20
• 卷三十二 列傳第二 后妃下 Volume 32 Biographies 2: Empresses and Consorts Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 17
• 卷九十八 列傳第五十八 氐胡 Volume 98 Biographies 58: Di Hu Book of Song 宋書 — count: 15
• 卷九十三　列傳第八十一:　僭偽附庸 Volume 93 Biographies 81: Vassal States History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 14
• 莊公 Lord Zhang Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳 — count: 14
• 卷1 　帝紀第1　高祖上 Volume 1 Annals 1: Gaozu 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 12

Collocations

• 桓公讳 (桓公諱) 為桓公諱也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 9
• 不可讳 (不可諱) 而禍不可諱 — Mozi 墨子, 卷九 非命上 Book 9 - Anti-Fatalism I — count: 9
• 皇帝讳 (皇帝諱) 顯宗孝明皇帝諱莊 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二 顯宗孝明帝紀 Volume 2: Annals of Emperor Xianzong Xiaoming — count: 7
• 中国讳 (中國諱) 為中國諱也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 6
• 襄公讳 (襄公諱) 為襄公諱也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4
• 讳取 (諱取) 諱取周田也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 4
• 毋讳 (毋諱) 毋諱以勞朕 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝文本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowen Emperor — count: 4
• 讳杀 (諱殺) 為季子諱殺也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
• 讳奔 (諱奔) 諱奔也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
• 尊者讳 (尊者諱) 春秋為尊者諱 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 3