聖人諱

Chinese

		sage; wise man; saint	avoid mentioning; to taboo
trad. (聖人諱)		聖人	諱
simp. (圣人讳)		圣人	讳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngrénhuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngrénhuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèngrénhuèi
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-jên²-hui⁴
    • Yale: shèng-rén-hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqrenhuey
    • Palladius: шэнжэньхуэй (šɛnžɛnʹxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

聖人諱

1. (historical) the less-common Chinese naming taboo against writing the name of a sage

   Coordinate terms: 國諱 / 国讳 (guóhuì), 公諱 / 公讳 (gōnghuì), 君諱 / 君讳 (jūnhuì), 家諱 / 家讳 (jiāhuì), 私諱 / 私讳 (sīhuì)

See also

• 避諱／避讳 (bìhuì)