虚 (虛) xū

1. xū adjective empty; devoid of content; void
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '虛' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '虛' 1, p. 514; Unihan '虛')
2. xū adjective false
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 弄虚作假 'to practice fraud' (CCI p. 24; Guoyu '虛' adj 4; Kroll 2015 '虛' 4, p. 514; Unihan '虛')
3. xū noun hill; mound
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 墟 (Guoyu '虛' n 1; Kroll 2015 '虛', p. 514)
4. xū proper noun Xu; Barrens
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Name of one of the 28 lunar lodgings (Guoyu '虛' n 7; Kroll 2015 '虛' 7, p. 514)
5. xū noun ruins
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 墟 (Kroll 2015 '虛', p. 514)
6. xū noun empty space
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 空间 (Guoyu '虛' n 2)
7. xū noun a hole; a void
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 空隙 (Guoyu '虛' n 3; Unihan '虛')
8. xū noun the sky
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 天空 (Guoyu '虛' n 5; Kroll 2015 '虛' 3, p. 514)
9. xū noun weakness
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 弱势 (Guoyu '虛' n 4)
10. xū adjective sparse; rare
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 稀少 (Kroll 2015 '虛' 2, p. 514)
11. xū adjective weak; not substantial
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 虚弱 (Guoyu '虛' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '虛' 2a, p. 514)
12. xū noun a direction
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 方位; for example 四虚 the four directions (Guoyu '虛' n 6)
13. xū adjective flustered
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 心慌 (Guoyu '虛' adj 5)
14. xū adjective modest
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 谦虚 (Guoyu '虛' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '虛' 6, p. 514)
15. xū verb to empty
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 使空 (Guoyu '虛' v 1)
16. xū adverb in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; wasted
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 白白地 (Guoyu '虛' adv; Kroll 2015 '虛' 5, p. 514)
17. xū noun death
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '虛' 1b, p. 514)

Contained in

• 共轭虚数(共軛虛數) conjugate imaginary number
• 虚文浮礼(虛文浮禮) empty formality
• 虚室生白(虛室生白) a undecorated room and simple life
• 虚弱(虛弱) weak
• 虚星(虛星) imaginary star
• 太虚(太虛) sky ; a void
• 虚度光阴(虛度光陰) to waste time on worthless activities
• 弄虚作假(弄虛作假) to practice fraud; by trickery
• 虚无主义(虛無主義) nihilism
• 爱慕虚荣(愛慕虛榮) vain
• 座无虚席(座無虛席) a banquet with no empty seats; standing room only
• 虚与委蛇(虛與委蛇) to feign civility
• 不虚(不虛) not false ; not in vain
• 脾虚(脾虛) depletion of the spleen
• 虚粒子(虛粒子) virtual particle
• 虚心(虛心) modest and polite; humble ; ashamed
• 虚浮(虛浮) extravagant and impractical
• 虚实(虛實) what is true and what is false; (to get to know) the real situation
• 向壁虚造(向壁虛造) facing a wall, an imaginary construction; baseless fabrication
• 以虚带实(以虛帶實) to let correct ideology guide practical work
• 虚虚实实(虛虛實實) hard to tell if it's real or sham
• 虚应故事(虛應故事) to go through the motions
• 虚妄(虛妄) illusory
• 虚心好学(虛心好學) modest and studious
• 玄虚(玄虛) deceitful trick; mystery; unfathomable
• 虚无缥缈(虛無縹緲) unreal; illusory; imaginary
• 虚静(虛靜) serene
• 气虚(氣虛) deficiency of qi
• 名不虚传(名不虛傳) name is not in vain; a fully justified reputation; enjoys a well-deserved reputation
• 徒有虚名(徒有虛名) with an undeserved reputation; unwarranted fame; nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
• 虚不受补(虛不受補) a person who is in poor health cannot handle something so strong as a tonic
• 阴虚火旺(陰虛火旺) an excess of heat caused by a deficiency in Yin energy
• 虚报(虛報) to misreport
• 务虚(務虛) to discuss guidelines; to discuss principles to be followed
• 空虚(空虛) empty
• 虚警(虛警) false alert
• 深藏若虚(深藏若虛) to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it; modest about one's talents
• 就虚避实(就虛避實) strike at what is weak and avoid what is strong
• 虚设(虛設) to set something up and then not use it ; to do something in name only
• 眼见为实，耳听为虚(眼見為實，耳聽為虛) to believe what one sees, not what one hears . Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.
• 虚荣心(虛榮心) vanity
• 冲虚经(沖虛經) Chong Xu Jing; Liezi

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Collocations

• 虚爵 (虛爵) 然後授虛爵 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《玉藻》 The Jade-Bead Pendants of the Royal Cap — count: 18
• 满虚 (滿虛) 滿虛在物 — Guanzi 管子, 法法第十六 Chapter 16: Fa Fa — count: 8
• 虚觯 (虛觶) 卒受者以虛觶降奠于篚 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 7
• 实虚 (實虛) 實虛也 — Guanzi 管子, 七法第六 Chapter 6: Seven Methods — count: 6
• 受虚 (受虛) 賔進受虛爵 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 燕禮 第六 6. Banquet rites — count: 6
• 仓廪虚 (倉廪虛) 倉廩虛而囹圄實 — Guanzi 管子, 五輔第十 Chapter 10: Wu Fu — count: 4
• 虚朾 (虛朾) 同盟于虛朾 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4
• 盈虚 (盈虛) 君子尚消息盈虛 — Book of Changes 易經, 剝 Bo — count: 4
• 执虚 (執虛) 執虛如執盈 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《少儀》 Smaller Rules of Demeanour — count: 4
• 入虚 (入虛) 以不正入虛國 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3