虛構

See also: 虚構

Chinese

		devoid of content; void; false devoid of content; void; false; empty; vain	Broussonetia papyrifera; to construct; to form Broussonetia papyrifera; to construct; to form; to make up; to compose
trad. (虛構)		虛	構
simp. (虚构)		虚	构

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xūgòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ ㄍㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi¹ kau³, heoi¹ gau³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hir-kiò / hu-kò͘ / hi-kò͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): he¹ gou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xūgòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ ㄍㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syugòu
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹-kou⁴
    • Yale: syū-gòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiugow
    • Palladius: сюйгоу (sjujgou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ koʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: heoi¹ kau³, heoi¹ gau³
    • Yale: hēui kau, hēui gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoey¹ kau³, hoey¹ gau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêu¹ keo³, hêu¹ geo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯³³/, /hɵy̯⁵⁵ kɐu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hir-kiò
    • Tâi-lô: hir-kiò
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɯ³³ kio⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: hu-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hu'kox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: hi-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hi'kox
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: he¹ gou³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hṳ kòu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɯ³³⁻²³ kou²¹³/

Verb

虛構

1. to fabricate; to make up

   純屬虛構／纯属虚构  ―  chúnshǔ xūgòu  ―  to be a pure fabrication

Synonyms

• 偽造／伪造 (wěizào)
• 假造 (jiǎzào)
• 土統／土统 (Hokkien)
• 捏 (niē) (literary, or in compounds)
• 捏造 (niēzào)
• 杜撰 (dùzhuàn)
• 桶摃／桶𫼱 (Hokkien)
• 構造／构造 (gòuzào) (archaic)
• 瞎編／瞎编 (xiābiān)
• 編製／编制 (biānzhì) (figurative)
• 編造／编造 (biānzào)
• 胡編／胡编 (húbiān)
• 臆造 (yìzào)
• 莫之莫捏 (Hokkien)
• 莫捏 (Hokkien)
• 造謠／造谣 (zàoyáo)

 

Antonyms

• (attributive) 非虛構／非虚构 (fēixūgòu)

Derived terms

• 虛構文學／虚构文学 (xūgòu wénxué)
• 非虛構／非虚构 (fēixūgòu)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
虛	構
きょ Jinmeiyō	こう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

虛(きょ)構(こう) • (kyokō) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 虚構 (“fabrication; fiction”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
虛	構

Noun

虛構 • (heogu) (hangeul 허구)

1. Hanja form^? of 허구 (“fiction”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
虛	構

Verb

虛構

1. chữ Hán form of hư cấu (“to invent; to imagine”).

Adjective

虛構

1. chữ Hán form of hư cấu (“fictional”).