# 忌讳 (jìhuì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 忌讳 (jìhuì) means “taboo; to avoid as taboo”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: taboo; to avoid as taboo
- Pinyin: jìhuì (ji4 hui4)
- Traditional: 忌諱
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 在这里忌讳问女士年龄。
  Zài zhèlǐ jìhuì wèn nǚshì niánlíng.
  Asking women their age is a taboo here.

## Characters

- [忌](https://hanziro.com/word/ji-avoid/) (jì): to avoid; to abstain from
- 讳 (huì): to avoid mentioning; taboo word

https://hanziro.com/word/ji-hui-taboo/

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