厚 hòu
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
厚道
hòudao
kind and honest; fair
Characters in this word
道 dào
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 首 chief, head, leader
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他做生意一向厚道，宁愿少赚一点，也不在质量上动手脚。 Tā zuò shēngyì yíxiàng hòudao, nìngyuàn shǎo zhuàn yìdiǎn, yě bú zài zhìliàng shàng dòng shǒujiǎo. He has always been fair in business, preferring to earn a little less rather than tamper with quality.
- 老板为人厚道，从不拖欠工人的工资。 Lǎobǎn wéirén hòudao, cóng bù tuōqiàn gōngrén de gōngzī. The boss is decent and never delays workers' wages.
- 这家小店的老板很厚道，多给了我一个苹果。 Zhè jiā xiǎo diàn de lǎobǎn hěn hòudao, duō gěi le wǒ yí ge píngguǒ. The owner of this little shop is kind and gave me an extra apple.
Related words
- 厚 hòu thick
- 深厚 shēnhòu deep; strong
- 浓厚 nónghòu strong, rich
- 醇厚 chúnhòu mellow; rich and full-bodied
- 得天独厚 détiāndúhòu exceptionally favourable; richly endowed by nature
- 敦厚 dūnhòu honest and kind-hearted; sincere and tolerant
- 丰厚 fēnghòu rich; generous; substantial
- 憨厚 hānhòu simple and honest; honest and sincere
- 宽厚 kuānhòu generous; lenient; broad and thick
- 深情厚谊 shēnqínghòuyì deep affection and profound friendship
- 无可厚非 wúkěhòufēi not blameworthy; understandable
- 雄厚 xiónghòu abundant; strong; substantial