TABOO  避諱

FORBIDDEN BECAUSE of FEAR of the SUPERNATURAL OR the RULERS.
Hypernym
  • FORBIDCOMMAND NOT to ACT:do something.
    • COMMANDADDRESS someone, USING AUTHORITY, INTENDING to CAUSE that person to ACT RESEMBLE:as one INTENDS him to ACT.
      • ADDRESSSPEAK OR WRITE INTENDING ANOTHER TO HEAR OR READ AND TO REACT to IT. 
        • SPEAKACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z....
See also
  • CONCEALCAUSE TO BECOME OBSCURE:invisible.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    Chinese character taboos are of three kinds:

    1. in writing A. complete avoidance B. imposition of taboo variants

    2. in speaking: avoidance of the word and sometimes even demonstrative avoidance of its homophones

    3. in reading: demonstrative use of alternative pronunciation for the taboo character

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    掩蓋

    掩飾

    遮蓋

    遮羞

    遮掩

    隱諱

    諱言

    諱

    諱莫如深

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    Words

    諱  huì OC: qhuls MC: hɨi 13 AttributionsWD

      Word relations
    • Ant: 宣/PUBLICISE Xuān 宣 (ant.* mì 秘 "keep secret") is an announcement to a general public; and the word often refers specifically to royal or imperial promulgation. [DESCENDING], [GENERAL]
    • Contrast: 禁/FORBID The current dominant general word referring to public prohibition is jìn 禁 (ant. quàn 勸 "encourage").
    • Assoc: 忌/TABOO
    • Assoc: 忌/AVOID
    • Synon: 忌/AVOID

      Syntactic words
    • ntaboo
    • nabactobserving taboos
    • vikeep quiet on taboo subjects
    • vtoNavoid and treat as taboo, shy away from mentioning (something); observe a taboo on the subject of
    • vtoNpassivebe avoided (as taboo); be not referred to
    • vtoStreat as taboo that; conceal the fact that S
    忌  jì OC: ɡɯs MC: gɨ 4 AttributionsWD

      Syntactic words
    • nabsocialtaboo
    • vadNtabooed
    辟  bì OC: peɡ MC: piɛk 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNobserve a taboo on; avoid to bring up
    天忌  tiān jì OC: lʰiin ɡɯs MC: then gɨ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabmetaphysicaltaboo instituted by Heaven, heavenly taboo
    畏忌  wèi jì MC: 'jw+jH giH OC: quls ɡɯsDS 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNtry to avoid respectfully DS
    忌諱  jì huì OC: ɡɯs qhuls MC: gɨ hɨi 0 AttributionsWD

    taboos of any kind

      Syntactic words
    • NPpluraltaboos of any kind

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