Chinese word

虚拟

Pronunciation

Pinyinxū nǐ

Meaning

  • adjectivevirtual

Example

我们可以在虚拟教室上课。wǒ men ké yǐ zài xū nǐ jiào shì shàng kè

We can attend class in a virtual classroom.

Illustration for 虚拟 (virtual)

More examples

公司决定改为虚拟会议以节省差旅费。gōng sī jué dìng gǎi wéi xū nǐ huì yì yǐ jié shěng chāi lǚ fèi

The company decided to switch to virtual meetings to save travel expenses.

Core concept

A designed or imagined counterpart that can be used or experienced without being physically real.

Common phrases

  • 虚拟会议xū nǐ huì yì

    virtual meeting

  • 虚拟现实xū nǐ xiàn shí

    virtual reality

  • 虚拟账户xū nǐ zhàng hù

    virtual account

Similar words

模拟mó nǐ: A state or thing that imitates real movements or functions to support testing or learning.
假想jiá xiǎng: A situation provisionally assumed when discussing an idea or making a plan.
虚构xū gòu: A story or character created from imagination rather than from facts.

Definition in Chinese

指通过技术、想象或设定产生的、虽然不是真实存在但可被感知、操作或体验的状态或事物，常用于计算机、网络、模拟环境或虚拟身份的语境。zhǐ tōng guò jì shù xiǎng xiàng huò shè dìng chǎn shēng de suī rán bú shì zhēn shí cún zài dàn kě bèi gǎn zhī cāo zuò huò tǐ yàn de zhuàng tài huò shì wù cháng yòng yú jì suàn jī wǎng luò mó nǐ huán jìng huò xū nǐ shēn fèn de yǔ jìng

Word origin

虚 (xū, "empty or unreal") + 拟 (nǐ, "imitate or suppose") forms a compound for a likeness or imagined version treated as if it were present.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, this adjective normally stands before a noun, so its position often signals that the following noun names a setting, identity, or service rather than a physical object.

Other meanings

  • imaginaryadjective

Opposites

Related words

  • 虚拟化xū nǐ huàvirtualizeverb
  • 虚拟经济xū nǐ jīng jìvirtual economynoun

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