虛名

See also: 虚名

Chinese

		devoid of content; void; false devoid of content; void; false; empty; vain	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (虛名)		虛	名
simp. (虚名)		虚	名

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xūmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi¹ ming⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hî-miàng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hi-miâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xūmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syumíng
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹-ming²
    • Yale: syū-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuming
    • Palladius: сюймин (sjujmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: heoi¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: hēui mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoey¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêu¹ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hî-miàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi´ miangˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi¹ miang²
    • Sinological IPA: /hi²⁴ mi̯aŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi-miâ
    • Tâi-lô: hi-miâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: himiaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² miã¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ miã²³/

Noun

虛名

1. false reputation; undeserved reputation
2. nominal title

Synonyms

• (false reputation): 浮名 (fúmíng)

Derived terms

• 徒有虛名／徒有虚名 (túyǒuxūmíng)
• 徒負虛名／徒负虚名
• 枉擔虛名／枉担虚名
• 浪得虛名／浪得虚名 (làngdéxūmíng)
• 蝸角虛名／蜗角虚名

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (虛名):

• → Japanese: 虚名(きょめい) (kyomei)
• → Korean: 허명(虛名) (heomyeong)
• → Vietnamese: hư danh (虛名)