向壁虛造

Chinese

			to fabricate; to cook up
trad. (向壁虛造/嚮壁虛造)		向壁/嚮壁	虛造
simp. (向壁虚造)		向壁	虚造
alternative forms		鄉壁虛造／乡壁虚造
Literally: “to face the wall and fabricate”.

Etymology

From the preface to the Shuowen Jiezi by Xu Shen.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàngbìxūzào

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄩ ㄗㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng³ bik¹ heoi¹ zou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngbìxūzào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄩ ㄗㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàngbìsyuzào
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-pi⁴-hsü¹-tsao⁴
    • Yale: syàng-bì-syū-dzàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqbihshiutzaw
    • Palladius: сянбисюйцзао (sjanbisjujczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹ ɕy⁵⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng³ bik¹ heoi¹ zou⁶
    • Yale: heung bīk hēui jouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng³ bik⁷ hoey¹ dzou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng³ big¹ hêu¹ zou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ³³ pɪk̚⁵ hɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sou̯²²/

Idiom

向壁虛造

1. Synonym of 向壁虛構／向壁虚构 (xiàngbìxūgòu, “to make up out of one's head; to fabricate”)