Meaning of 虚
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
xū
- emptiness
- void
- abstract theory or guiding principles
- empty or unoccupied
- diffident or timid
- false
- humble or modest
- (of health) weak
虚 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我喜欢虚构语言。
I like conlangs.
我从来没有见过谁像你这么虚伪的。
I've never known anyone as hypocritical as you.
他虚岁三十七岁。
According to East Asian reckoning, he's thirty-seven.
我爱虚构的语言。
I love fictional languages.
汤姆非常虚弱。
Tom is awfully sick.
Stroke order for each character
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虚 xū · emptiness · 11 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 虚.
| 虚心 | xūxīn | open-minded; humble |
| 谦虚 | qiānxū | modest; self-effacing |
| 虚弱 | xūruò | weak; in poor health |
| 空虚 | kōngxū | hollow; emptiness |
| 虚构 | xūgòu | to make up; fabrication |
| 虚伪 | xūwěi | false; hypocritical |
| 虚假 | xūjiǎ | false; phony; sham |
| 虚拟 | xūnǐ | to imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical |
| 虚幻 | xūhuàn | imaginary; illusory |
| 弄虚作假 | nòngxū-zuòjiǎ | to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery |
| 虚无 | xūwú | nothingness |
| 虚张声势 | xūzhāngshēngshì | (idiom) to bluff; to bluster; to make an empty show of strength |
Questions about 虚
What does 虚 mean?
虚 (xū) means "emptiness; void" and is used as a adjective and adverb.
How do you write 虚?
虚 is made of 1 character: 虚 (11 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.
Is 虚 an HSK word?
Yes. 虚 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 虚 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 虚 is written 虛.