HSK 6 · Society

忌讳 jìhuì “taboo” in Chinese

Traditional 忌諱

What 忌讳 means

  1. taboo
  2. to avoid as taboo
  3. to abstain from

How to say 忌讳

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale忌jì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale讳huì4th tone, falling

忌讳 in a sentence

  1. 在中国，送钟是一种忌讳。

    Zài Zhōngguó, sòng zhōng shì yì zhǒng jìhuì.

    In China, giving someone a clock is taboo.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他很忌讳别人问他的年龄。

    Tā hěn jìhuì biéren wèn tā de niánlíng.

    He hates it when people ask his age.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 忌讳 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 忌 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
忌jìto be jealous of
  • 己self · jǐSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 己 (jǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

The character 讳 (huì) with each of its parts in a different colour
讳huìto avoid mentioning
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 韦tanned leather · wéiSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 韦 (wéi) hints at the sound. Compare it with huì.

How to write 忌讳

忌 7 strokes · 讳 6 strokes

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忌讳 (jìhuì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 忌讳 (jìhuì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 忌讳

Words with 忌

肆无忌惮sìwújìdàn · unrestrained

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FAQs

忌讳 (jìhuì) means “taboo” or “to avoid as taboo”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jìhuì: jì with a 4th tone, then huì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 忌讳 is written 忌諱. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jihui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 忌讳 from the suggestions. Typing jihui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
忌讳 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.