| huì | to avoid mentioning/a taboo |
| 讳 | to avoid mentioning taboo word name of deceased emperor or superior |
| 讳名 | taboo name name of deceased |
| 讳忌 | avoid as taboo |
| 讳疾忌医 | hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism to keep one's shortcomings secret to refuse to listen to advice |
| 讳称 | taboo reference |
| 讳莫如深 | important matter that must be kept secret (idiom); don't breathe a word of it to anyone! |
| 讳言 | dare not or would not speak up |