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

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

(literary) nonexistent thing

Derived terms

子虛烏有／子虚乌有 (zǐxū-wūyǒu)

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