厚
hòu HSK4

thick, strong flavor

厚 hòu
thick adjective
having a large distance between opposite surfaces; not thin

这本字典很厚。

zhè běn zì​diǎn hěn hòu.

This dictionary is very thick.

deep adjective
profound, intense, or significant in degree or relation

两国的友谊非常深厚。

liǎng guó de yǒu​yì fēi​cháng shēn hòu.

The friendship between the two countries is very deep.

generous adjective
kind, magnanimous, or liberal in treatment or giving

这里的员工福利非常优厚。

zhè​lǐ de yuán​gōng fú​lì fēi​cháng yōu hòu.

The employee benefits here are very generous.

rich adjective
having a strong, heavy, or intense flavor or aroma

这酒的味道很厚。

zhè jiǔ de wèi​dao hěn hòu.

The flavor of this wine is very rich.

to favor idiom
to give preference to or place specific emphasis on something

在教育孩子时，不能厚此薄彼。

zài jiào​yù hái​zi shí, bù néng hòu​cǐ​bó​bǐ.

When educating children, one should not favor one over the other.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,235th most common 106.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,927th most common 21.8 per million appears in 13% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
12.4 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
43.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+539A

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)