厚 hòu thick

Example sentences

这本书很厚。Zhè běn shū hěn hòu.This book is very thick.
冬天要穿厚衣服。Dōngtiān yào chuān hòu yīfu.In winter you should wear thick clothes.

HSK 4 — upper-intermediate proficiency: 600 new words, 1,200 in all. You can converse fluently on a wide range of topics with native speakers. In HSK 3.0, 厚 is in band 4. HSK 4 explained

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中厚。

It means thick. You'd say it when you pick up a big book in a shop.

中这本书很厚。

This book is very thick. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

厚 is written in 9 strokes.

厚 — the Chinese character for thick (hòu), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 厚 — thick

Senses

thick
deep or profound
kind
generous
rich or strong in flavor
to favor
to stress

Related words

Where 厚 lives

HSK 4 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 4 Practise Topic: Quantities and measures Practise Topic: Describing things Practise

厚 is pronounced hòu and means “thick”.