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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xū | xu1
English translation
emptiness
void
abstract theory or guiding principles
empty or unoccupied
diffident or timid
false
humble or modest
(of health) weak
virtual
in vain
false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

A tiger  stalking in the bushes

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

虍业

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那个 nà ge lǎo bǎn 老是 lǎo shi zài 所得税 suǒ dé shuì 申报 shēnbào shǎng 虚报 xū bào 窜改 cuàn gǎi .

The boss always fudges on his income tax forms.

事实 shìshí 虚构 xū gòu hún nán fēn .

Fact is inextricably commingled with fiction.

chūn Xià de 虚假 xūjiǎ 繁荣 fánróng 已经 yǐjīng 结束 jiéshù .

The false boom of the spring and summer had ended.

zhè Néng jiào 虚心 xūxīn 接受 jiēshòu 批评 pīpíng ?

Can this be called readiness to accept criticism?

这个 zhè ge 男孩 nán hái 身体 shēntǐ 虚弱 xū ruò ,从不 cóng bù 同学 tóngxué men 一起 yīqǐ wán .

The boy was frail and never ganged with his fellows at school.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
void
虚假 xūjiǎ false虛假
虚构 xū gòu to make up虛構
虚拟 xū nǐ to imagine虛擬
虚弱 xū ruò weak虛弱
虚伪 xūwěi false虛偽
空虚 kōngxū hollow空虛
谦虚 qiānxū modest謙虛
虚幻 xū huàn imaginary虛幻
虚张声势 xū zhāng shēng shì (false) bravado虛張聲勢
虚无 xū wú nothingness虛無
虚荣 xūróng vanity虛榮
虚心 xūxīn humble虛心
心虚 xīn xū diffident心虛
虚度 xū dù to fritter away (one's time)虛度
虚荣心 xū róng xīn vanity虛榮心
弄虚作假 nòng xū zuò jiǎ to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery弄虛作假
虚空 xū kōng void虛空
虚报 xū bào to misreport虛報
虚名 xū míng false reputation虛名
名不虚传 míng bù xū chuán enjoys a well-deserved reputation名不虛傳
虚实 xū shí what is true and what is false虛實
虚情假意 xū qíng jiǎ yì false friendship虛情假意
座无虚席 zuò wú xū xí full house座無虛席

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Decomposition

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