厚薄

Chinese

		generous; thick (for flat things)	thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
trad. (厚薄)		厚	薄
simp. #(厚薄)		厚	薄
anagram		薄厚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòubó, hòubáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄛˊ, ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁵ bok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kāu-po̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, literary)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòubó
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòubó
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-po²
    • Yale: hòu-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howbor
    • Palladius: хоубо (xoubo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, vernacular)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòubáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòubáo
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-pao²
    • Yale: hòu-báu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howbaur
    • Palladius: хоубао (xoubao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ pɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁵ bok⁶
    • Yale: háuh bohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁵ bok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁵ bog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯¹³ pɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kāu-po̍h
    • Tâi-lô: kāu-po̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kauxpoih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau²²⁻²¹ poʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁴¹⁻²² poʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau²²⁻²¹ poʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau³³⁻¹¹ poʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau³³⁻²¹ pɤʔ⁴/

Noun

厚薄

1. thick and thin
2. (figurative) degree of thickness
3. (figurative) favour or disfavour; meanness and generosity; intimacy and alienation

Synonyms

• (thin and thick): 薄厚 (bóhòu)
• (degree of thickness): 薄厚 (bóhòu)
• (favour or disfavour): 薄厚 (bóhòu)

Derived terms

• 厚薄規／厚薄规

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
厚	薄
こう Grade: 5	はく Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​ーはく [kóꜜòhàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) こーはく [kòóhákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːha̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

厚(こう)薄(はく) • (kōhaku) 

1. thickness and thinness
2. favour or disfavour; intimacy and alienation

Related terms

• (thickness and thinness): 濃(のう)淡(たん) (nōtan)