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嘘

xū

Character Traditional 噓

What 嘘 means

1. to exhale slowly
2. to hiss
3. hush!

Example sentences

• 嘘！
  Hush!
• 嘘，安静！
  Oh, hush!
• 汤姆在吹嘘。
  Tāngmǔ zài chuīxū.
  Tom is exaggerating.
• 嘘，太大声啦。
  Xū, tài dàshēng la.
  Shh, you're speaking too loudly.
• 他吹嘘这场谋杀。
  He bragged about the killing.
• 我厌倦了听他吹嘘。
  Wǒ yànjuàn le tīng tā chuīxū.
  I'm tired of listening to his boasts.

Words starting with 嘘

• 嘘声xū shēnghissing sound; to hiss (as a sign of displeasure)
• 嘘寒问暖xū hán wèn nuǎnto enquire solicitously about sb's well-being (idiom); to pamper
• 嘘嘘xū xūto pee pee (kiddie or feminine slang)

Words containing 嘘

• 吹嘘chuī xūto brag
• 唏嘘xī xū(onomatopoeia) to sigh; to sob
• 发嘘声fā xū shēngto hiss (as a sign of displeasure)
• 自我吹嘘zì wǒ chuī xūto blow one's own horn (idiom)
• 喘嘘嘘chuǎn xū xūvariant of 喘吁吁

Characters built on 虚

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

• 墟xūruins; (literary) village; variant of 圩
• 觑qùto spy; watch for
• 歔xūto snort

Characters that look like 嘘

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

• 旗qíflag; variant of 旗
• 镀dùto plate (with gold, silver etc); (prefix) -plated
• 墟xūruins; (literary) village; variant of 圩
• 嗡wēng(onomatopoeia) buzz; hum; drone
• 慵yōnglethargic
• 嘌piào(literary) fast; speedy; used in 嘌呤

Sounds the same

Read xū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 需to require; to need; to want
• 须must; to have to; to wait
• 虚emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles
• 墟ruins; (literary) village; variant of 圩
• 吁sh; hush
• 戌11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the…
• 胥all; assist; to store
• 圩(dialect) country fair; country market
• 魆dim; dark; sudden; surreptitious
• 呴breathe on; yawn; roar
• 顼used in 颛顼; used in 顼顼; Taiwan pr. xù
• 旴dawn