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): ㄙㄏㄨㄟˋ

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

Noun

私諱

(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)

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