厚薄

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
• Min Nan (POJ): kāu-po̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, literary)⁺
    • Pinyin: hòubó
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howbor
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòubó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ pwɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, vernacular)⁺
    • Pinyin: hòubáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄠˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howbaur
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòubáo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ pɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁵ bok⁶
    • Yale: háuh bohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁵ bok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁵ bog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯¹³ pɔːk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kāu-po̍h
    • Tâi-lô: kāu-po̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kauxpoih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kaʊ²²⁻²¹ poʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaʊ⁴¹⁻²² poʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaʊ²²⁻²¹ poʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kaʊ³³⁻¹¹ poʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaʊ³³⁻²¹ pɤʔ⁴/

Noun

厚薄

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

Derived terms

厚薄規／厚薄规