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Naming taboo

Cultural taboo in the Chinese cultural sphere Naming tabooChinese nameTraditional Chinese避諱Simplified Chinese避讳TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinbìhuìBopomofoㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋWade–Gilespi4hui4Yue: CantoneseJyutpingbei6 wai5Southern MinTâi-lôpī-huìVietnamese nameVietnamese alphabetkỵ húykiêng huýHán-Nôm忌諱𪬧諱Korean nameHangul피휘Hanja避諱TranscriptionsRevised RomanizationpihwiMcCune–Reischauerp'ihwiJapanese nameKanji避諱HiraganaひきTranscriptionsRevised Hepburnhiki A naming taboo is a cultural taboo against speaking or writing the given names of exalted persons, notably in China and within the Chinese cultural sphere.

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