子虛

Chinese

		child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	devoid of content; void; false devoid of content; void; false; empty; vain
trad. (子虛)		子	虛
simp. (子虚)		子	虚

Etymology

Literally “Sir Nonexistent”; a fictional character in 子虛賦.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² heoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhsyu
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-hsü¹
    • Yale: dž-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyshiu
    • Palladius: цзысюй (czysjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² heoi¹
    • Yale: jí hēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² hoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² hêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ hɵy̯⁵⁵/

Noun

子虛

1. (literary) nonexistent thing

Derived terms

• 子虛烏有／子虚乌有 (zǐxū-wūyǒu)