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虛

xū

false, worthless; empty, hollow; 11th lunar mansion, determinative star β Aquarii (Sadalsuud)

Strokes
12
Radical
虍
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Tone
1

Simplified form: 虚

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Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 虚, the simplified form of 虛. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 没有他我的生活是空虚的。

    Méi yǒu tā wǒ de shēng huó shì kōng xū de

    My life is hollow without him.

  • 他虚岁三十七岁。

    Tā xū suì sān shí qī suì

    According to East Asian reckoning, he's thirty-seven.

  • 我感到虚弱。

    Wǒ gǎn dào xū ruò

    I feel weak.

    Shadow

  • 我爱虚构的语言。

    Wǒ ài xū gòu de yǔ yán

    I love fictional languages.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 虚

  • 谦虚qiān xū 1–1 modest; self-effacing; to make modest remarks
  • 虚心xū xīn 1–1 open-minded; humble
  • 虚假xū jiǎ 1–3 false; phony; pretense
  • 虚伪xū wěi 1–3 false; hypocritical; artificial; sham
  • 空虚kōng xū 1–1 hollow; emptiness; meaningless
  • 虚荣xū róng 1–2 vanity
  • 虚xū 1emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain
  • 虚拟xū nǐ 1–3 to imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical; (computing) to emulate; (computing) virtual
  • 虚弱xū ruò 1–4 weak; in poor health
  • 虚构xū gòu 1–4 to make up; fabrication; fictional; imaginary
  • 虚幻xū huàn 1–4 imaginary; illusory
  • 弄虚作假nòng xū zuò jiǎ 4–1–4–3to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery