HSK 6 · Adjectives

虚伪 xūwěi “hypocritical” in Chinese

Traditional 虛偽

What 虚伪 means

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

How to say 虚伪

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale伪wěi3rd tone, dipping

虚伪 in a sentence

  1. 这真是彻底的虚伪！

    Zhè zhēn shì chèdǐ de xūwěi!

    This is pure hypocrisy!

    Sentence #3076613 from Tatoeba

  2. 我从来没有见过谁像你这么虚伪的。

    Wǒ cónglái méiyǒu jiànguo shéi xiàng nǐ zhème xūwěi de.

    I’ve never met anyone as hypocritical as you.

    Sentence #4640129 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 虚伪 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 伪 (wěi) with each of its parts in a different colour
伪wěifalse
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 为to do · wéiSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 为 (wéi) hints at the sound. Compare it with wěi.

How to write 虚伪

虚 11 strokes · 伪 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 虚伪

Words with 虚

谦虚qiānxū · modest虚心xūxīn · open-minded虚假xūjiǎ · false空虚kōngxū · empty虚荣xūróng · vanity

Words with 伪

伪造wěizào · to forge

More words: Adjectives

喜闻乐见xǐwénlèjiàn · popular细致xìzhì · careful悬殊xuánshū · very different虚假xūjiǎ · false严峻yánjùn · severe严厉yánlì · strict严密yánmì · tight耀眼yàoyǎn · dazzling

FAQs

虚伪 (xūwěi) means “hypocritical” or “insincere”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xūwěi: xū with a 1st tone, then wěi with a 3rd 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, 虚伪 is written 虛偽. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xuwei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 虚伪 from the suggestions. Typing xuwei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
虚伪 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.