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huì

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huì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
huì | hui4
English translation
to avoid mentioning
taboo word
name of deceased emperor or superior
taboo; to shun, to conceal, to avoid mentioning

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About huì

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

huì

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

speech

Etymology of huì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

讠韦

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

wéi

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and wéi represents the sound. Simplified form of huì .

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Example sentences using huì

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忌讳 jìhuì 人家 rénjiā jiào de 外号 wài hào .

He resents being called by his nickname.

huì 疾忌 de rén ,错误 cuòwù Yuè xiàn Yuè shēn .

He who tries to conceal his fault for fear of criticism will sink deeper and deeper in the quagmire of errors.

毒瘾 dú yǐn 仍然 réngrán shì 有些 yǒu xiē 忌讳 jìhuì de 话题 huàtí

The topic of addiction remains something of a taboo.

成为 chéngwéi jiù de 苏联 Sū lián 体制 tǐ zhì 直言不讳 zhí yán bù huì de 抨击 pēng jī zhě

He became an outspoken opponent of the old Soviet system.

毫不 háo bù 隐讳 yǐn huì de 表示 biǎoshì 想得到 de 工作 gōngzuò 以至于 yǐ zhì yú 他们 tā men 之间 zhī jiān 说话 shuōhuà dōu dài zhāo 火药味 huǒ yào wèi

She coveted his job so openly that conversations between them were tense.

Words with huì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
忌讳 jìhuì taboo忌諱
直言不讳 zhí yán bù huì to speak bluntly (idiom)直言不諱
避讳 bì huì to avoid避諱
供认不讳 gòng rèn bù huì to plead guilty供認不諱
不讳 bù huì to die不諱
huì taboo word huì
讳莫如深 huì mò rú shēn important matter that must be kept secret (idiom); don't breathe a word of it to anyone!諱莫如深
隐讳 yǐn huì to hold back from saying precisely what is on one's mind隱諱
讳疾忌医 huì jí jì yī to keep one's shortcomings secret諱疾忌醫
名讳 míng huì taboo name (e.g. of emperor)名諱
直言无讳 zhí yán wú huì to speak one's mind直言無諱

huì Decomposition & Compounds

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huì Decomposition

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