向壁虛造

Chinese

			to fabricate; to cook up
trad. (向壁虛造/嚮壁虛造)		向壁/嚮壁	虛造
simp. (向壁虚造)		向壁	虚造
alternative forms		鄉壁虛造／乡壁虚造
Literally: “to face the wall and fabricate”.

Etymology

From the preface to the Shuowen Jiezi by Xu Shen.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàngbìxūzào

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄗㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng³ bik¹ heoi¹ zou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngbìxūzào
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄗㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàngbìsyuzào
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-pi⁴-hsü¹-tsao⁴
  - Yale: syàng-bì-syū-dzàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqbihshiutzaw
  - Palladius: сянбисюйцзао (sjanbisjujczao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹ ɕy⁵⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng³ bik¹ heoi¹ zou⁶
  - Yale: heung bīk hēui jouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng³ bik⁷ hoey¹ dzou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng³ big¹ hêu¹ zou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ³³ pɪk̚⁵ hɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sou̯²²/

Idiom

向壁虛造

Synonym of 向壁虛構／向壁虚构 (xiàngbìxūgòu, “to make up out of one's head; to fabricate”)

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