HSK 6 · Emotions

虚荣 xūróng “vanity” in Chinese

Traditional 虛榮

What 虚荣 means

  1. vanity

How to say 虚荣

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale虚xū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale荣róng2nd tone, rising

虚荣 in a sentence

  1. 她买名牌包只是为了满足虚荣心。

    Tā mǎi míngpái bāo zhǐshì wèile mǎnzú xūróngxīn.

    She only buys designer bags to satisfy her vanity.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 不要太爱虚荣。

    Búyào tài ài xūróng.

    Don’t be so vain.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 虚荣 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 虚 (xū) with each of its parts in a different colour
虚xūemptiness
  • 虍tiger · hū
  • 业business · yè
The character 荣 (róng) with each of its parts in a different colour
荣róngglory
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 木tree · mù

How to write 虚荣

虚 11 strokes · 荣 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

虚荣 (xūróng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 虚荣 (xūróng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 虚荣

Words with 虚

谦虚qiānxū · modest虚心xūxīn · open-minded虚假xūjiǎ · false虚伪xūwěi · hypocritical空虚kōngxū · empty

Words with 荣

繁荣fánróng · prosperous荣幸róngxìng · honoured光荣guāngróng · glory荣誉róngyù · honour欣欣向荣xīnxīnxiàngróng · flourishing

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

心眼儿xīnyǎnr · mind胸怀xiōnghuái · breadth of mind羞耻xiūchǐ · shame喜悦xǐyuè · joy厌恶yànwù · to loathe压抑yāyì · to suppress (emotions)野心yěxīn · ambition疑惑yíhuò · doubt

FAQs

虚荣 (xūróng) means “vanity”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xūróng: xū with a 1st tone, then róng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 虚荣 is written 虛榮. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xurong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 虚荣 from the suggestions. Typing xurong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
虚荣 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.