虛無縹緲

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See also: 虚无缥缈

Chinese

		being nothing; empty; void being nothing; empty; void; nihilistic	high, far-away and appearing indistinctly; dimly discernible; misty
trad. (虛無縹緲)		虛無	縹緲
simp. (虚无缥缈)		虚无	缥缈
alternative forms		虛無縹渺／虚无缥渺虛無飄渺／虚无飘渺

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xūwúpiāomiǎo, xūwúpiǎomiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄠㄇㄧㄠˇ, ㄒㄩㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi¹ mou⁴ piu¹ miu⁵ / heoi¹ mou⁴ piu⁵ miu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xūwúpiāomiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄠㄇㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuwúpiaomiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: hsü¹-wu²-pʻiao¹-miao³
  - Yale: syū-wú-pyāu-myǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuwupiaumeau
  - Palladius: сюйупяомяо (sjujupjaomjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ u³⁵ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xūwúpiǎomiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuwúpiǎomiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: hsü¹-wu²-pʻiao³-miao³
  - Yale: syū-wú-pyǎu-myǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuwupeaumeau
  - Palladius: сюйупяомяо (sjujupjaomjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ u³⁵ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: heoi¹ mou⁴ piu¹ miu⁵ / heoi¹ mou⁴ piu⁵ miu⁵
  - Yale: hēui mòuh pīu míuh / hēui mòuh píuh míuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoey¹ mou⁴ piu¹ miu⁵ / hoey¹ mou⁴ piu⁵ miu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêu¹ mou⁴ piu¹ miu⁵ / hêu¹ mou⁴ piu⁵ miu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ pʰiːu̯⁵⁵ miːu̯¹³/, /hɵy̯⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ pʰiːu̯¹³ miːu̯¹³/

Idiom

虛無縹緲

purely imaginary; entirely unreal; visionary; illusory
- 2000, Xu Wei (lyrics and music), “那一年”, in 那一年, performed by Xu Wei:
  
  這麼多年你還在不停奔跑　眼看著明天依然虛無縹緲 [MSC, trad.]
  这么多年你还在不停奔跑　眼看着明天依然虚无缥缈 [MSC, simp.]
  Zhème duōnián nǐ háizài bùtíng bēnpǎo, Yǎn kàn zhe míngtiān yīrán xūwúpiāomiǎo
  You've been keeping on running since so many years ago / What you can only do is to let tomorrow be still unpredictable

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