厚道

Chinese

		generous; thick (for flat things)	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (厚道)		厚	道
simp. #(厚道)		厚	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòudào

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁵ dou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiǒ-tǒ͘ / hō͘-tō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòudào → hòudao (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄉㄠˋ → ㄏㄡˋ ˙ㄉㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòudåo
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-tao⁵
    • Yale: hòu-dau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: how.daw
    • Palladius: хоудао (xoudao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/ → /xoʊ̯⁵¹ d̥ɑʊ̯¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hau⁵ dou⁶
    • Yale: háuh douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁵ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁵ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯¹³ tou̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 厚度 厚道

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǒ-tǒ͘
    • Tâi-lô: hiǒ-tǒo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hio²² tɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-tō
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxdoi
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ to³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ to²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ tɤ³³/

Adjective

厚道

1. sincere and magnanimous; kind and honest

Synonyms

• 大度 (dàdù) (formal)
• 大量 (dàliàng)
• 寬厚／宽厚 (kuānhòu)
• 寬大／宽大 (kuāndà)
• 寬宏／宽宏 (kuānhóng)
• 寬洪／宽洪 (kuānhóng)
• 寬綽／宽绰 (kuānchuò) (archaic)