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虚伪

xū wěi

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 虛偽

虚伪 (xū wěi) means "false; hypocritical; artificial". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 虚伪 means

1. false
2. hypocritical
3. artificial
4. sham

The characters in 虚伪

• 虚xūemptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles
• 伪wěifalse; fake; forged

Example sentences

• 这真是彻底的虚伪！
  Zhè zhēnshi chèdǐ de xūwěi!
  This is pure hypocrisy!
• 我不喜欢虚伪的信徒。
  I don't like false believers.
• 我从来没有见过谁像你这么虚伪的。
  Wǒ cóngláiméiyǒu jiàn guo shéi xiàng nǐ zhème xūwěi de.
  I've never known anyone as hypocritical as you.
• 我从来没有见过谁像你这幺虚伪的。
  I've never known anyone as hypocritical as you.
• 虽然虚伪、苦痛还有破碎的梦伴随着我，但这仍然是一个美丽的世界。
  Suīrán xūwěi, kǔtòng háiyǒu pòsuì de mèng bànsuí zhe wǒ, dàn zhè réngrán shì yī gè měilì de shìjiè.
  With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams; it is still a beautiful world.
• 所有的社交，自然而然地，都会掺入一些虚伪的成分，我想这是有其必要的。
  All social interactions, naturally, will involve some degree of insincerity, which I believe is necessary.

Words starting with 虚伪

• 虚伪类真xū wěi lèi zhēnfalse but apparently real

Where 虚伪 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · xuǎn–xù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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