虚

• 拼音: xū
• 汉字拆解: 虚 = 虍 (tiger) + 业 (empty beneath; hollowness)

含义

Empty; false; weak. As an adjective, hollow, modest, or physically weak.

A versatile character describing emptiness, falseness, or weakness. Used for abstract concepts like humility, physical conditions like weakness, and philosophical ideas about emptiness versus substance.

例句

1. 他最近身体很虚需要调养。
2. 做人要虚心不要骄傲。
3. 这些虚假的承诺毫无意义。

用法指南

语境: health, character, philosophy

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 大病初愈身体还很虚。(Just recovered from a serious illness, the body is still weak.)
• 虚怀若谷才能不断进步。(Only by being humble like an empty valley can one continuously improve.)

错误说法

• 这个桌子很虚 — use 空 for physical emptiness; 虚 is for abstract or physical weakness

起源与历史

虚 = 虍 + 业 (tiger skin over empty frame)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal