子虛

子虛

Chinese

		child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; 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)⁺
    • Pinyin: zǐxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄒㄩ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyshiu
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² heoi¹
    • Yale: jí hēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² hoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² hêu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ hɵy̯⁵⁵/

Noun

子虛

1. (literary) nonexistent thing

Derived terms

子虛烏有／子虚乌有 (zǐxūwūyǒu)