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): ㄒㄩㄍㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi¹ kau³ / heoi¹ gau³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hir-kiò / hu-kò͘ / hi-kò͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): he¹ gou³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xūgòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄍㄡˋ
  - 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

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)

Kyūjitai form of 虚構 (“fabrication; fiction”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
虛	構

Noun

虛構 • (heogu) (hangeul 허구)

hanja form^? of 허구 (“fiction”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
虛	構

Verb

虛構

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

Adjective

虛構

chữ Hán form of hư cấu (“fictional”)