虚
伪

False in Chinese: 虚伪 (xū wěi)

xū wěi

false

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 虛偽1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1false
  2. 2hypocritical
  3. 3artificial
  4. 4sham

Stroke order

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虚
伪

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄩ

xū

ㄒ/ xㄩ/ ü—/ first tone

ㄨㄟˇ

wěi

ㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

虚伪

Simplified

虛偽

Traditional

Example sentences

See 虚伪 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我讨厌他那种虚伪的笑容。

    wǒ tǎo yàn tā nà zhǒng xū wěi de xiào róng。

    I hate that hypocritical smile of his.

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Related words

虚

xū

emptiness

谦虚

qiān xū

modest

虚心

xū xīn

open-minded

空虚

kōng xū

hollow

伪造

wěi zào

to forge

伪装

wěi zhuāng

to pretend to be (asleep etc)

虚构

xū gòu

to make up

虚幻

xū huàn

imaginary

虚假

xū jiǎ

false

虚拟

xū nǐ

to imagine

虚弱

xū ruò

weak

弄虚作假

nòng xū zuò jiǎ

to practice fraud (idiom)

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