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

• 虚构小说(虛構小說) fiction
• 虚缺号(虛缺號) white square character ( □ ), used to represent a missing ideograph
• 虚伪(虚偽) false; hypocritical ; hypocrisy ; false; fake
• 虚拟语气(虛擬語氣) subjunctive mood
• 虚浮(虛浮) extravagant and impractical
• 向壁虚造(向壁虛造) facing a wall, an imaginary construction; baseless fabrication
• 名不虚传(名不虛傳) name is not in vain; a fully justified reputation; enjoys a well-deserved reputation
• 虚夸(虛誇) to boast; to brag; boastful; exaggerative; pompous; bombastic
• 虚设(虛設) to set something up and then not use it ; to do something in name only
• 谦虚(謙虛) modest
• 虚报(虛報) to misreport
• 弄虚作假(弄虛作假) to practice fraud; by trickery
• 虚幻(虛幻) imaginary; illusory
• 虚无(虛無) nothingness
• 虚心(虛心) modest and polite; humble ; ashamed
• 虚拟实境(虛擬實境) virtual reality
• 背景虚化(背景虛化) background blurring
• 虚情假意(虛情假意) false emotion, fake friendship; a hypocritical show of affection
• 阴虚火旺(陰虛火旺) an excess of heat caused by a deficiency in Yin energy
• 虚警(虛警) false alert
• 虚无主义(虛無主義) nihilism
• 以虚带实(以虛帶實) to let correct ideology guide practical work
• 虚火(虛火) excess of internal heat due to poor general condition ; the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself
• 虚构(虛構) imaginary
• 虚张声势(虛張聲勢) (false) bravado; to bluff
• 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.
• 虚诈(虛詐) tricky and hypocritical
• 虚誉(虛譽) imaginary reputation; empty fame
• 虚像(虛像) virtual image
• 虚词(虛詞) function words ; empty words
• 虚席以待(虛席以待) to reserve a seat for sb
• 虚岁(虛歲) traditional Asian method of calculating age
• 冲虚真经(沖虛真經) Chong Xu Zhen Jing; Liezi
• 虚假(虛假) false; fake
• 话不虚传(話不虛傳) words that are not false
• 虚室生白(虛室生白) a undecorated room and simple life
• 座无虚席(座無虛席) a banquet with no empty seats; standing room only
• 道德虚无主义(道德虛無主義) moral nihilism; ethical nihilism
• 虚无缥缈(虛無縹緲) unreal; illusory; imaginary
• 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
• 空虚(空虛) empty
• 脾虚(脾虛) depletion of the spleen
• 暗虚(暗虛) an eclipse of the moon
• 乘虚(乘虛) to take advantage of weakness

Also contained in

虚机 、 虚拟网络 、 交换虚电路 、 虚拟机 、 虚拟记忆体 、 虚拟专用网 、 张若虚

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• 卷三百七十一 列傳第一百三十 白時中 徐處仁 馮澥 王倫 宇文虛中 湯思退 Volume 371 Biographies 130: Bai Shizhong, Xu Churen, Feng Xie, Wang Lun, Yu Wenxuzhong, Tang Situi History of Song 宋史 — count: 41
• 卷二十六 志第六: 禮儀六 Volume 26 Treatises 6: Rites 6 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 37
• 卷十三 志第三 歷下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 35
• 卷三百六十二 列傳第一百二十一 朱勝非 呂頤浩 范宗尹 范致虛 呂好問 Volume 362 Biographies 121: Zhu Shengfei, Lu Yihao, Fan Zongyin, Fan Zhixu, Lu Haowen History of Song 宋史 — count: 34
• 卷八十一 志第三十四 律曆十四 Volume 81 Treatises 34: Measures and Calendar 14 History of Song 宋史 — count: 28
• 卷二十七上　　　志第十七上　　曆三上 Volume 27a Treatises 18: Calendar 3a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 27
• 卷七十九　列傳第十七:　酈瓊 李成 孔彥舟 徐文 施宜生 張中孚 張中彥 宇文虛中 王倫 Volume 79 Biographies 17: Li Qiong, Li Cheng, Kong Yanzhou, Xu Wen, Shi Yisheng, Zhang Zhongfu, Zhang Zhongyan, Yu Wenxuzhong, Wang Lun History of Jin 金史 — count: 24
• Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 23
• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 21
• 卷三百 列傳第五十九 楊偕 王沿 杜杞 楊畋 周湛 徐的 姚仲孫 陳太素 馬尋 杜曾 李虛己 張傅 俞獻卿 陳從易 楊大雅 Volume 300 Biographies 59: Yang Xie, Wang Yan, Du Qi, Yang Tian, Zhou Zhan, Xu De, Yao Zhongsun, Chen Taisu, Ma Xun, Du Ceng, Li Xuji, Zhang Fu, Yu Xianqing, Chen Congyi, Yang Daya History of Song 宋史 — count: 20

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 虚中 (虛中) 虛中也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3