虚 xū
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 虍 — tiger
- Made of
- 虍 tiger 业 business, profession
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
虚伪
xūwěi
hypocritical; false
Characters in this word
伪 wěi
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 为 to do, to act
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他表面上支持改革，私下却处处阻挠，这种态度十分虚伪。 Tā biǎomiàn shàng zhīchí gǎigé, sīxià què chùchù zǔnáo, zhè zhǒng tàidù shífēn xūwěi. He supports reform on the surface but obstructs it privately at every turn; this attitude is extremely hypocritical.
- 他说得好听却从不兑现，为人太虚伪了。 Tā shuō de hǎotīng què cóngbù duìxiàn, wéirén tài xūwěi le. He talks nicely but never keeps his word; he is far too hypocritical.
- 我不喜欢和虚伪的人打交道。 Wǒ bù xǐhuān hé xūwěi de rén dǎ jiāodào. I don't like dealing with hypocritical people.
Related words
- 虚心 xūxīn modest
- 谦虚 qiānxū modest; to be modest
- 空虚 kōngxū empty; hollow; void
- 弄虚作假 nòngxūzuòjiǎ to falsify; to cheat; to resort to deception
- 虚 xū empty; hollow; vague
- 虚构 xūgòu to fabricate; to fictionalise
- 虚幻 xūhuàn unreal; illusory
- 虚假 xūjiǎ false; fake
- 虚拟 xūnǐ virtual; to simulate
- 虚荣 xūróng vanity; vain
- 虚弱 xūruò weak; feeble
- 伪造 wěizào to forge; to falsify