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		avoid mentioning; to taboo	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (諱言)		諱	言
simp. (讳言)		讳	言

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huìyán

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁵ jin⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hùi-giân / hùi-gân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huìyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huèiyán
  - Wade–Giles: hui⁴-yen²
  - Yale: hwèi-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueyyan
  - Palladius: хуэйянь (xuejjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁵ jin⁴
  - Yale: wáih yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁵ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁵ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯¹³ jiːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi-giân
  - Tâi-lô: huì-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huie'gieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hui²¹⁻⁵³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡiɛn²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hui¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi-gân
  - Tâi-lô: huì-gân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huie'gaan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui²¹⁻⁵³ ɡan¹³/

諱言

to dare not or would not speak up