虛設

Chinese

		devoid of content; void; false devoid of content; void; false; empty; vain	to set up; to arrange; to establish to set up; to arrange; to establish; to found; to display
trad. (虛設)		虛	設
simp. (虚设)		虚	设

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xūshè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ ㄕㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi¹ cit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hi-siat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xūshè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ ㄕㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syushè
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹-shê⁴
    • Yale: syū-shè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiusheh
    • Palladius: сюйшэ (sjujšɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: heoi¹ cit³
    • Yale: hēui chit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoey¹ tsit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêu¹ qid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi-siat
    • Tâi-lô: hi-siat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hisiad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³ siɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛt̚³²/

Verb

虛設

1. to set up something without utilizing it

Synonyms

• (literary) 虛張／虚张 (xūzhāng)