虛無

See also: 虚無 and 虚无

Chinese

		devoid of content; void; false devoid of content; void; false; empty; vain	not have
trad. (虛無)		虛	無
simp. (虚无)		虚	无

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xūwú

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi¹ mou⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hu-bû / hir-bû / hi-bû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xūwú
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuwú
  - Wade–Giles: hsü¹-wu²
  - Yale: syū-wú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuwu
  - Palladius: сюйу (sjuju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ u³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: heoi¹ mou⁴
  - Yale: hēui mòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoey¹ mou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêu¹ mou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯⁵⁵ mou̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu-bû
  - Tâi-lô: hu-bû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hu'buu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁴⁴⁻²² bu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hir-bû
  - Tâi-lô: hir-bû
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɯ³³ bu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi-bû
  - Tâi-lô: hi-bû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hi'buu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ bu²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ bu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² bu¹³/

Adjective

虛無

being nothing; empty; void
nihilistic

Noun

虛無

nothingness; emptiness

Derived terms

虛無主義 / 虚无主义 (xūwú zhǔyì)
虛無縹緲 / 虚无缥缈 (xūwúpiāomiǎo)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (虛無):

→ Japanese: 虚(きょ)無(む) (kyomu)
→ Korean: 허무(虛無) (heomu)
→ Vietnamese: hư vô (虛無)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “虛無” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Kanji in this term
虛	無
きょ Jinmeiyō	む Grade: 4
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 虛無 – see the following entry.

【虚無きょむ】

[noun] nothingness, emptiness

(This term, 虛無, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)