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虚

xū

HSK 5 Character Traditional 虛

What 虚 means

1. emptiness
2. void
3. abstract theory or guiding principles
4. empty or unoccupied
5. diffident or timid
6. false
7. humble or modest
8. (of health) weak
9. virtual
10. in vain

Example sentences

• 谦虚一点。
  Try to be a bit more modest.
• 我很谦虚。
  I'm humble.
• 我是谦虚的。
  Wǒ shì qiānxū de.
  I'm humble.
• 你太谦虚了。
  Nǐ tài qiānxū le.
  You are much too modest.
• 我感到虚弱。
  I feel weak.
• 汤姆很虚弱。
  Tom was very sick.

Words starting with 虚

• 虚心xū xīnopen-minded; humble
• 虚伪xū wěifalse; hypocritical; artificial
• 虚假xū jiǎfalse; phony; sham
• 虚荣xū róngvanity
• 虚拟xū nǐto imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical; (computing) to emulate
• 虚弱xū ruòweak; in poor health
• 虚构xū gòuto make up; fabrication; fictional
• 虚幻xū huànimaginary; illusory
• 虚无xū wúnothingness
• 虚荣心xū róng xīnvanity
• 虚空xū kōngvoid; hollow; empty
• 虚实xū shíwhat is true and what is false; (to get to know) the real situation
• 虚脱xū tuōto collapse (from dehydration or loss of blood); heat exhaustion
• 虚度xū dùto fritter away (one's time)
• 虚名xū míngfalse reputation
• 虚掩xū yǎnto partially obscure; (of a door, gate or window) slightly open; ajar; not fully shut…
• 虚妄xū wàngfabricated
• 虚无缥缈xū wú piāo miǎoillusory; imaginary; fanciful
• 虚报xū bàoto misreport; fraudulent report
• 虚张声势xū zhāng shēng shì(idiom) to bluff; to bluster; to make an empty show of strength
• 虚惊xū jīngfalse alarm; panic rumor
• 虚像xū xiàngvirtual image
• 虚损xū sǔn(TCM) consumptive disease, chronic deficiency disorder due to impaired function of inner…
• 虚数xū shùimaginary number

Words containing 虚

• 谦虚qiān xūmodest; self-effacing; to make modest remarks
• 空虚kōng xūhollow; emptiness; meaningless
• 心虚xīn xūlacking in confidence; diffident; to have a guilty conscience
• 太虚tài xūgreat emptiness; the void; heaven
• 弄虚作假nòng xū zuò jiǎto practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
• 名不虚传míng bù xū chuán(idiom) to live up to one's famous name; its reputation is well deserved
• 座无虚席zuò wú xū xílit. a banquet with no empty seats; full house; capacity crowd
• 形同虚设xíng tóng xū shèto exist in name only; empty shell; useless (idiom)
• 故弄玄虚gù nòng xuán xūdeliberately mystifying; to make sth unnecessarily complicated
• 不虚此行bù xū cǐ xíng(idiom) it's been a worthwhile trip
• 子虚乌有zǐ xū wū yǒu(idiom) to have no basis in fact; to be the product of sb's imagination
• 乘虚chéng xūto take advantage of weakness
• 务虚wù xūto discuss matters of principle (as opposed to concrete issues)
• 气虚qì xūdeficiency of 气
• 发虚fā xūto feel weak; to be diffident
• 阳虚yáng xūdeficiency of yang 阳
• 张若虚Zhāng Ruò xūZhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night…
• 乘虚而入chéng xū ér rùto enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse
• 以虚带实yǐ xū dài shí(idiom) to use the abstract to guide the concrete
• 徒有虚名tú yǒu xū míngwith an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame…
• 所言非虚suǒ yán fēi xū(after a pronoun or name) what (you, they etc) say is true
• 此言非虚cǐ yán fēi xūthat is true
• 深藏若虚shēn cáng ruò xūto hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom)…
• 背景虚化bèi jǐng xū huàbackground blurring (photography)

Characters that look like 虚

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

• 虑lǜto think over; to consider; anxiety
• 疲píweary
• 虔qiánto act with reverence; reverent
• 崖yáprecipice; cliff; Taiwan pr. yái
• 庸yōngordinary; to use
• 疽jūgangrene

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
• 墟ruins; (literary) village; variant of 圩
• 嘘to exhale slowly; to hiss; hush!
• 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