虛詞

See also: 虚词

Chinese

		devoid of content; void; false devoid of content; void; false; empty; vain	word; phrase; classical Chinese poem
trad. (虛詞)		虛	詞
simp. (虚词)		虚	词

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xūcí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi¹ ci⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hu-sû / hir-sîr / hi-sû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xūcí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syucíh
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹-tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: syū-tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiutsyr
    • Palladius: сюйцы (sjujcy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: heoi¹ ci⁴
    • Yale: hēui chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoey¹ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêu¹ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu-sû
    • Tâi-lô: hu-sû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: husuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu⁴⁴⁻³³ su²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁴⁴⁻²² su²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hir-sîr
    • Tâi-lô: hir-sîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɯ³³ sɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi-sû
    • Tâi-lô: hi-sû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hisuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ su²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² su¹³/

Noun

虛詞

1. empty words; meaningless talk
2. (grammar) function word; a word with a purely grammatical function

Coordinate terms

• (function word): 實詞／实词 (shící)

Related terms

• 虛字／虚字 (xūzì)