厚薄

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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)
simp. #(厚薄)
anagram 薄厚

Pronunciation


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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 5
はく
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(こう)(はく) (kōhaku

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN