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tên huý

taboo name
Noun
taboo name
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Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 Noun
taboo name Discourse & LogicTheme

A personal name, often belonging to a noble or royal figure, that is traditionally forbidden to be spoken aloud by others.

vi Mọi người không được phép gọi trực tiếp tên huý của vua.

en People are not allowed to directly speak the king's taboo name.

Sense 2 Noun
birth name

A name given to a person at birth by their parents, which is often avoided in direct address due to social customs.

vi Gia đình thường tránh gọi tên huý của trẻ nhỏ vì kiêng kỵ.

en Families often avoid calling a child's birth name due to social customs.

Parts
tên / huý / 𠸛諱
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𠸛諱
Candidates by syllable
tên 𠸛(𠸜 / 𢏡 / 𥏋 / 𥏌) huý 諱
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
tên húy / kỵ huý / kị huý / phạm huý
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Use
tên gọi / tên họ / thấy mặt đặt tên / kí tên …
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