Chinese symbol for “phony”
空头
kōng tóu
Traditional: 空頭
phony; so-called; armchair (expert); vain (promise)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for phony is 空头 (kōng tóu), defined as: phony; so-called; armchair (expert); vain (promise); (finance) short-seller; bear (market).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “phony”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虚假 (虛假) | xū jiǎ | false; phony; sham |
| 假惺惺 | jiǎ xīng xīng | (of an expression of sympathy) insincere; phony |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 空头.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 空间 (空間) | kōng jiān | space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway |
| 航空 | háng kōng | aviation |
| 空气 (空氣) | kōng qì | air; atmosphere |
| 天空 | tiān kōng | sky |
| 空中 | kōng zhōng | in the sky; in the air |
| 太空 | tài kōng | outer space |
| 头发 (頭髮) | tóu fa | hair (on the head) |
| 街头 (街頭) | jiē tóu | street |
See also: Japanese symbol for “phony”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.