腎虛

Chinese

		kidney	devoid of content; void; false devoid of content; void; false; empty; vain
trad. (腎虛)		腎	虛
simp. (肾虚)		肾	虚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shènxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˋ ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁶ heoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shènxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˋ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shènsyu
    • Wade–Giles: shên⁴-hsü¹
    • Yale: shèn-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shennshiu
    • Palladius: шэньсюй (šɛnʹsjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵¹ ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁶ heoi¹
    • Yale: sahn hēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁶ hoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁶ hêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²² hɵy̯⁵⁵/

Verb

腎虛

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) to have deficiency of the kidney

Usage notes

In popular usage, this often has the connotation of a “reduction in masculinity”.

Synonyms

• 腎虧／肾亏 (shènkuī)
• (Hakka) 腎水弱／肾水弱
• (Hokkien) 腎空／肾空