虚伪 meaning in English

xūwěi

false; hypocritical

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 虛偽17 strokes

Meaning of 虚伪

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xūwěi

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ不bù喜xǐ欢huān虚xū伪wěi的de信xìn徒tú。

I don't like false believers.

这zhè真zhēn是shì彻chè底dǐ的de虚xū伪wěi！

This is pure hypocrisy!

我wǒ从cóng来lái没méi有yǒu见jiàn过guò谁shuí像xiàng你nǐ这zhè么me虚xū伪wěi的de。

I've never known anyone as hypocritical as you.

虽suī然rán虚xū伪wěi、苦kǔ痛tòng还hái有yǒu破pò碎suì的de梦mèng伴bàn随suí着zhe我wǒ，但dàn这zhè仍réng然rán是shì一yí个gè美měi丽lì的de世shì界jiè。

With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams; it is still a beautiful world.

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Words that share a character with 虚伪.

虚心	xūxīn	open-minded; humble
谦虚	qiānxū	modest; self-effacing
伪装	wěizhuāng	to pretend to be (asleep etc); to disguise oneself as
伪造	wěizào	to forge; to fake
虚弱	xūruò	weak; in poor health
空虚	kōngxū	hollow; emptiness
虚构	xūgòu	to make up; fabrication
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
伪君子	wěijūnzǐ	hypocrite

What does 虚伪 mean?

虚伪 (xūwěi) means "false; hypocritical" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 虚伪?

虚伪 is made of 2 characters: 虚 (11 strokes), 伪 (6 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 虚伪 an HSK word?

Yes. 虚伪 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 虚伪 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 虚伪 is written 虛偽.