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诲

huì

Character Traditional 誨

What 诲 means

1. to teach
2. to instruct
3. to induce

Example sentences

• 黑板上写满了数学方程式，老师正用一把砍刀当教鞭讲解。黑板上方写着一句格言，大概是为了激励学生：「学习并遵循胡志明主席的教诲，我们的心灵更加光明！」
  A blackboard had been covered with math equations, which the teacher was explaining, using a machete as a pointer. Above the blackboard was a motto, probably intended to be inspirational: "Studying and following Uncle Ho's words, our hearts are brighter!"

Words starting with 诲

• 诲淫huì yínto stir up lust; to promote sex; to encourage licentiousness
• 诲淫性huì yín xìnglicentious
• 诲人不倦huì rén bù juàninstructing with tireless zeal (idiom, from Analects)
• 诲淫诲盗huì yín huì dàoto promote sex and violence; to stir up lust and covetousness

Words containing 诲

• 教诲jiào huì(literary) to instruct; to admonish; to counsel; teachings; instruction; guidance
• 规诲guī huìto admonish; to instruct
• 学而不厌，诲人不倦xué ér bù yàn , huì rén bù juànstudy tirelessly, teach with endless enthusiasm (idiom, from Analects)

Characters built on 每

These share the phonetic component 每 (měi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 悔huǐ(bound form) to regret; to repent
• 晦huì(bound form) last day of a lunar month; (bound form) dark; gloomy; (literary) night

Characters that look like 诲

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
• 语yǔdialect; language; speech
• 悔huǐ(bound form) to regret; to repent
• 侮wǔto insult; to ridicule; to disgrace
• 诣yìto go (to visit a superior); one's current attainment in learning or art
• 诩xǔto brag; popular; lovely

Sounds the same

Read huì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 会can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet…
• 汇to remit; to converge (of rivers); to exchange
• 惠(bound form) act of kindness (from a superior); (honorific prefix) kind (as in 惠顾
• 慧intelligent
• 绘to draw; to paint; to depict; to portray
• 讳to avoid mentioning; taboo word; name of deceased emperor or superior
• 贿(bound form) bribery
• 蕙Coumarouna odorata
• 溃used in 溃脓; Taiwan pr. kuì
• 卉plants
• 烩to braise; to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water
• 晦(bound form) last day of a lunar month; (bound form) dark; gloomy; (literary) night