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Definitions

  1. 1. emptiness
  2. 2. void
  3. 3. abstract theory or guiding principles
  4. 4. empty or unoccupied
  5. 5. diffident or timid
  6. 6. false
  7. 7. humble or modest
  8. 8. (of health) weak
  9. 9. virtual
  10. 10. in vain

Example Sentences

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座无 席。
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Words Containing 虚

弄虚作假
nòng xū zuò jiǎ

to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery

空虚
kōng xū

hollow

虚假
xū jiǎ

false

虚伪
xū wěi

false

虚幻
xū huàn

imaginary

虚弱
xū ruò

weak

虚心
xū xīn

open-minded

虚拟
xū nǐ

to imagine; to make up

虚荣
xū róng

vanity

虚构
xū gòu

to make up

谦虚
qiān xū

modest

不虚此行
bù xū cǐ xíng

the trip has not been made in vain

乘虚
chéng xū

to take advantage of weakness

乘虚而入
chéng xū ér rù

to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse

交换虚电路
jiāo huàn xū diàn lù

Switched Virtual Circuit

以虚带实
yǐ xū dài shí

to let correct ideology guide practical work (idiom)

做贼心虚
zuò zéi xīn xū

to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience

共轭虚数
gòng è xū shù

conjugate imaginary number (math)

务虚
wù xū

to discuss matters of principle (as opposed to concrete issues)

名不虚传
míng bù xū chuán

lit. name is not in vain (idiom); a fully justified reputation

向壁虚构
xiàng bì xū gòu

facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication

向壁虚造
xiàng bì xū zào

facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication

太虚
tài xū

Taixu (famed Buddhist monk, 1890-1947)

子虚乌有
zǐ xū wū yǒu

(idiom) to have no basis in fact; to be the product of sb's imagination

座无虚席
zuò wú xū xí

lit. a banquet with no empty seats

张若虚
zhāng ruò xū

Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜

形同虚设
xíng tóng xū shè

to exist in name only

徒拥虚名
tú yōng xū míng

to possess an undeserved reputation (idiom)

徒有虚名
tú yǒu xū míng

with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame

心虚
xīn xū

lacking in confidence

爱慕虚荣
ài mù xū róng

vain

所言不虚
suǒ yán bù xū

see 所言非虛|所言非虚[suǒ yán fēi xū]

所言非虚
suǒ yán fēi xū

(after a pronoun or name) what (you, they etc) say is true

故弄玄虚
gù nòng xuán xū

deliberately mystifying

此言不虚
cǐ yán bù xū

see 此言非虛|此言非虚[cǐ yán fēi xū]

此言非虚
cǐ yán fēi xū

that is true

气虚
qì xū

deficiency of 氣|气[qì] (TCM)

永久虚电路
yǒng jiǔ xū diàn lù

Permanent Virtual Circuit

浪得虚名
làng dé xū míng

to have an undeserved reputation (idiom)

深藏若虚
shēn cáng ruò xū

to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents

玄虚
xuán xū

(intentionally) mysterious; arcane

发虚
fā xū

to feel weak

眼见为实,耳听为虚
yǎn jiàn wéi shí , ěr tīng wéi xū

to believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.

耳听为虚,眼见为实
ěr tīng wéi xū , yǎn jiàn wéi shí

(idiom) you cannot always trust what you hear, but seeing is believing

背景虚化
bèi jǐng xū huà

background blurring (photography)

脾虚
pí xū

depletion of the spleen (Chinese medicine)

虚不受补
xū bù shòu bǔ

a person who is in poor health cannot handle sth so strong as a tonic

虚位以待
xū wèi yǐ dài

to reserve a seat

虚伪类真
xū wěi lèi zhēn

false but apparently real

虚像
xū xiàng

virtual image

虚名
xū míng

false reputation

虚报
xū bào

to misreport

虚妄
xū wàng

fabricated

虚客族
xū kè zú

people who like to window-shop for unaffordable luxuries

虚宫格
xū gōng gé

four-square box in which one practices writing a Chinese character

虚实
xū shí

what is true and what is false

虚己以听
xū jǐ yǐ tīng

to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind (idiom)

虚席以待
xū xí yǐ dài

to reserve a seat for sb (idiom)

虚度
xū dù

to fritter away (one's time)

虚度光阴
xū dù guāng yīn

to waste time on worthless activities

虚张声势
xū zhāng shēng shì

(false) bravado

虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后
xū xīn shǐ rén jìn bù , jiāo ào shǐ rén luò hòu

modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)

虚心好学
xū xīn hào xué

modest and studious (idiom)

虚情假意
xū qíng jiǎ yì

false friendship; hypocritical show of affection

虚应了事
xū yìng liǎo shì

see 虛應故事|虚应故事[xū yìng gù shì]

虚应故事
xū yìng gù shì

to go through the motions

虚怀若谷
xū huái ruò gǔ

receptive as an echoing canyon (idiom); modest and open-minded

虚掩
xū yǎn

to partially obscure

虚损
xū sǔn

(TCM) consumptive disease, chronic deficiency disorder due to impaired function of inner organs, deficiency of qi, blood, yin and yang

虚拟专用网络
xū nǐ zhuān yòng wǎng luò

virtual private network (VPN)

虚拟机
xū nǐ jī

virtual machine

虚拟现实
xū nǐ xiàn shí

virtual reality

虚拟现实置标语言
xū nǐ xiàn shí zhì biāo yǔ yán

virtual reality markup language (VRML) (computing)

虚拟环境
xū nǐ huán jìng

virtual environment

虚拟私人网络
xū nǐ sī rén wǎng luò

virtual private network (VPN)

虚拟网络
xū nǐ wǎng luò

virtual network

虚拟语气
xū nǐ yǔ qì

subjunctive mood (grammar)

虚拟连接
xū nǐ lián jiē

virtual connection

虚数
xū shù

imaginary number

虚文
xū wén

dead letter

虚文浮礼
xū wén fú lǐ

empty formality

虚星
xū xīng

imaginary star (in astrology)

虚有其表
xū yǒu qí biǎo

looks impressive but is worthless (idiom)

虚荣心
xū róng xīn

vanity

虚构小说
xū gòu xiǎo shuō

fiction

虚岁
xū suì

one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[lì chūn] each year, rather than on one's birthday.

虚火
xū huǒ

excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM)

虚无
xū wú

nothingness

虚无主义
xū wú zhǔ yì

nihilism

虚无假设
xū wú jiǎ shè

null hypothesis (statistics)

虚无缥缈
xū wú piǎo miǎo

unreal

虚发
xū fā

to miss the target (with a bullet or an arrow)

虚空
xū kōng

void

虚空藏菩萨
xū kōng zàng pú sà

Akasagarbha Bodhisattva

虚粒子
xū lì zǐ

virtual particle

虚线
xū xiàn

dotted line

虚缺号
xū quē hào

white square character ( □ ), used to represent a missing ideograph

虚职
xū zhí

nominal position

虚脱
xū tuō

to collapse (from dehydration or loss of blood)

虚腕
xū wàn

empty wrist (method of painting)

虚与委蛇
xū yǔ wēi yí

to feign civility (idiom)

虚虚实实
xū xū shí shí

hard to tell if it's real or sham

虚言
xū yán

empty words

虚诈
xū zhà

tricky and hypocritical

虚词
xū cí

(linguistics) function word

虚夸
xū kuā

to boast

虚谎
xū huǎng

false

虚警
xū jǐng

false alert

虚誉
xū yù

imaginary reputation

虚电路
xū diàn lù

virtual circuit

虚头
xū tóu

to play tricks

虚飘飘
xū piāo piāo

light and airy

虚惊
xū jīng

false alarm

避实就虚
bì shí jiù xū

(idiom) stay clear of the enemy's main force and strike at his weak points

阴虚
yīn xū

deficiency of yin 陰|阴[yīn] (TCM)

阴虚火旺
yīn xū huǒ wàng

an excess of heat caused by a deficiency in Yin energy (idiom)

阳虚
yáng xū

deficiency of yang 陽|阳[yáng] (TCM)