厚 (hau5 | hou4) : thick; deep

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厚

hau5

hou4

[1] thick; thickness
[2] deep; depth; profound
[3] generous; substantial; large
[4] kind; magnanimous; virtuous
[5] favour; stress
[6] rich or strong in flavour

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Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 厂 (#27)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

厚

This word has been viewed 8828 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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深厚 sam1 hau5 shen1 hou4 = deep; profound

雄厚 hung4 hau5 xiong2 hou4 = solid; strong

寬厚 fun1 hau5 kuan1 hou4 = clemency, lenience, kind

厚度 hau5 dou6 hou4 du4 = thickness

厚薄 hau5 bok6 = thickness

面皮厚 min6 pei4 hau5 mian4 pi2 hou4 = thick-skinned, unashamed

不知天高地厚 bat1 zi1 tin1 gou1 dei6 hau5 bu4 zhi1 tian1 gao1 di4 hou4 = not know the immensity of heaven and earth - have an exaggerated opinion of one's abilities 國

濃厚 nung4 hau5 nong2 hou4 = thick; dense; strong

厚望 hau5 mong6 hou4 wang4 = [n] great expectations

優厚 jau1 hau5 you1 hou4 = generous, liberal (pay, compensation)
See all 30 compounds (CantoDict reports 28 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 厚
Unicode code for this character: U+539a (off-site link)

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