虛 (heoi1 | xu1) : false; deceptive; empty; weak

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虛

heoi1

xu1

[1] false; worthless; unreal; deceptive; unfounded; groundless [2] empty; hollow; void; unoccupied [3] weak; feeble [4] abstract; shapeless

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: (#141)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

虛 / 虚

This word has been viewed 7877 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Jul 2009 08:30

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乘虛而入 sing4 heoi1 ji4 jap6 cheng2 xu1 er2 ru4 = to enter by exploiting a weak spot; to take advantage of a lapse

虛線 heoi1 sin3 xu1 xian4 = dotted line

虛假 heoi1 gaa2 xu1 jia3 = false; untrue

虛偽 heoi1 ngai6 xu1 wei3 = false; artificial; hypocritical

虛弱 heoi1 joek6 xu1 ruo4 = in poor health; weak

虛心 heoi1 sam1 xu1 xin1 = modest

謙虛 him1 heoi1 qian1 xu1 = modest; humble

虛浮 heoi1 fau4 xv1 fu2 = coxcombry; flighty, superficial

空虛 hung1 heoi1 kong1 xu1 = [adj] hollow, no meaning; [n] emptiness

虛脫 heoi1 tyut3 = collapse; prostration; exhaustion

虛幻 heoi1 waan6 xv1 huan4 = illusory, unreal

如同虛設 jyu4 tung4 heoi1 cit3 = something not used for its intended purpose

形同虛設 jing4 tung4 heoi1 cit3 xing2 tong2 xu1 she4 = something not used for its intended purpose

故弄玄虛 gu3 lung6 jyun4 heoi1 gu4 nung4 xuan2 xu1 = make things more complicated and mysterious than they are

虛底 heoi1 dai2 = in poor health

心虛 sam1 heoi1 xin1 xu1 = afraid of being found out; with a guilty conscience; lacking in self-confidence; diffident

弄虛作假 lung6 heoi1 zok3 gaa2 nong4 xu1 zuo4 jia3 = practise fraud

虛榮 heoi1 wing4 xu1 rong2 = vanity

虛汗 heoi1 hon6 xu1 han4 = abnormal sweating due to general debility

虛擬 heoi1 ji5 xu1 ni3 = fictitious; invented; supposedly; virtual

虛無 heoi1 mou4 xu1 wu2 = nothingness

虛構 heoi1 kau3 xu1 gou4 = imaginary, ficticious, false

虛構資本 heoi1 kau3 zi1 bun2 xu1 gou4 zi1 ben3 = fictitious capital

虛耗 heoi1 hou3 xu1 hao4 = to consume without reason; to waste

虛驚一場 heoi1 ging1 jat1 ceong4 xu1 jing1 yi1 chang3 = a false alarm

虛歲 heoi1 seoi3 xu1 sui4 = traditional Asian method of calculating a person's age, which holds that a baby is one year old at birth

虛度 heoi1 dou6 xu1 du4 = waste time; idle away

浪得虛名 long6 dak1 heoi1 ming4 lang4 de2 xu1 ming2 = not worthy of one's name

虛有其表 heoi1 jau5 kei4 biu2 xu1 you3 qi2 biao3 = all appearance but no substance

交換虛電路 gaau1 wun6 heoi1 din6 lou6 jiao1 huan4 xu1 dian4 lu4 = Switched Virtual Circuit (SVC)

永久虛電路 wing5 gau2 heoi1 din6 lou6 yong3 jiu3 xu1 dian4 lu4 = Permanent Virtual Circuit (PVC)

虛缺號 heoi1 kyut3 hou6 xu1 que1 hao4 = Chinese blank character □ (used to represent an unreadable character)

膝下猶虛 sat1 haa6 jau4 heoi1 xia1 xia4 you2 xu1 = still not have children; to be childless; no offspring

氣虛 hei3 heoi1 qi4 xu1 = deficiency of vital energy

名不虛傳 ming4 bat1 heoi1 cyun4 ming2 bu4 xu1 chuan2 = enjoys a well-deserved reputation

賓虛 ban1 heoi1 bin1 xu1 = Ben-Hur (film title)

賓虛噉嘅場面 ban1 heoi1 gam2 ge3 coeng4 min6 = scene of a massive crowd; a massive gathering 粵

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佢超虛偽。粵
She's super hypocritical.

如果有個人讚你嘅話，你要謙虛啲！粵
If someone praises you, you need to be more humble!

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