厚味

Chinese

		generous; thick (for flat things)	taste
simp. and trad. (厚味)		厚	味

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòuwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁵ mei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòuwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòuwèi
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: hòu-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howwey
    • Palladius: хоувэй (xouvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 厚味 後衛／后卫

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁵ mei⁶
    • Yale: háuh meih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁵ mei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁵ méi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯¹³ mei̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: huwX|huwH mj+jH

Rime
Character	厚	厚	味
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	胡口切	胡遘切	無沸切
Baxter	huwX	huwH	mj+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦəuX/	/ɦəuH/	/mʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦəuX/	/ɦəuH/	/mʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣəuX/	/ɣəuH/	/miuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəwX/	/ɦəwH/	/mujH/
Li Rong	/ɣuX/	/ɣuH/	/miuəiH/
Wang Li	/ɣəuX/	/ɣəuH/	/mĭwəiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣə̯uX/	/ɣə̯uH/	/mwe̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hòu	hòu	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau6	hau6	mei6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.[ɡ]ˤ(r)oʔ  m[ə]t-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡoːʔ|ɡoːs  mɯds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	厚	味
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hòu	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ huwX ›	‹ mjɨjH ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.[ɡ]ˁ(r)oʔ/	/*m[ə]t-s/
English	thick	taste (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	厚	厚	味
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	5176	5177	12918
Phonetic component	厚	厚	未
Rime group	侯	侯	隊
Rime subdivision	0	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	厚	𠋫	未
Old Chinese	/*ɡoːʔ/	/*ɡoːs/	/*mɯds/

Noun

厚味

1. (Classical) delicious food

   • 高位寔疾顛，厚味寔腊毒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     高位寔疾颠，厚味寔腊毒。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Guoyu, circa 4^th century BCE

     Gāowèi shí jídiān, hòuwèi shí xīdú. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 所樂者，身安，厚味，美服，好色，音聲也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     所乐者，身安，厚味，美服，好色，音声也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Suǒ lè zhě, shēn ān, hòuwèi, měi fú, hǎosè, yīnshēng yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
厚	味
あつ Grade: 5	み Grade: 3
kun'yomi	on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 厚味 – see the following entry.

【厚あつみ】 [noun] thickness

(This term, 厚味, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)