嘘
xūTraditional: 嘘
#1529 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to hush, to shush, to hiss, sh!
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound combining 口 (kǒu, mouth) with 虚 (xū, empty), where the mouth radical marks a sound made by breathing out and 虚 supplies the pronunciation.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 口 (kǒu, mouth) + 虚 (xū, empty)
Stroke order
嘘
Examples
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Sh, the child has fallen asleep.
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She gave me a shush.
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Hush, do not make a sound.
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As soon as the teacher came in, everyone hushed.
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Shh, let us keep our voices down.
嘘 (xū) is the sound used to ask for quiet, equivalent to English "sh" or "hush". It can also act as a verb meaning to shush someone.
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