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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

厚 [hòu]
  1. 1. adjective [书、衣服、脸皮] thick
    他脸皮真厚！
    He's so thick-skinned!
    厚被子
    thick blanket
  2. 2. adjective [雪、土] deep
  3. 3. adjective [指感情] profound
  4. 4. adjective [指性格] honourable
  5. 5. adjective [指利润、礼品] extravagant
  6. 6. adjective [指味道] rich
  7. 7. adjective [指家产] loaded
  8. 8. verb [优待] favour (英)
  9. 9. verb [优待] favor (美)
  10. 10. verb [重视] stress

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

厚 [hòu]
  1. 1. adjective thick; fat (book)
    厚木板
    a thick plank
    厚棉衣
    a heavy padded coat
    一尺厚的雪
    snow one chi deep
    得用厚纸糊窗户。
    他有一张厚脸皮。
    这么厚的雪是很难融化的。
  2. 2. adjective deep; profound
    交情很厚
    profound friendship
    他们感情深厚，从不争吵。
  3. 3. adjective kind; magnanimous
    忠厚
    honest and tolerant; sincere and kindly
  4. 4. adjective large; generous
    厚利
    large profits
  5. 5. adjective rich or strong in flavour
    酒味很厚。
    The wine tastes strong.
    他身上烟味很厚。
  6. 6. verb favour; stress
    厚此薄彼
    favour one and be prejudiced against the other; favour one and discriminate against the other
  7. 7. adjective heavy

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

厚 [hòu]
  1. 1. 形 扁平物体正面和背面之间的距离较大
    这本书真厚
    被子太厚
    厚嘴唇。
  2. 2. 名 厚度
    两厘米厚的钢板
    玻璃有5毫米厚。
  3. 3. 形 多;大;重
    家底厚
    厚礼。
  4. 4. 动 看重;厚待
    厚今薄古
    厚此薄彼。
  5. 5. 形 (情意)深
    深情厚谊。
  6. 6. 形 厚道
    宽厚
    忠厚
    憨厚。
  7. 7. 形 (味道)浓
    酒味厚
    醇厚。
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Examples

提倡厚养薄葬
advocate good care of one's parents (while they are alive) and simple burials for them (when they are dead) → 薄葬
种子播下后覆土大约要十厘米厚。
The sown seeds shall be covered with about 10cm of soil. → 覆
一尺厚的雪
snow one chi deep → 厚
厚着脸皮说
have the nerve to say → 厚脸皮
冬瓜肉厚。
A white gourd is rich in pulp. → 肉
大热天穿这么厚的衣服，真受罪!
It's really awful to be wearing such heavy clothes on a hot day like this. → 受罪
她家箱底厚。
Her family has accumulated a large store of valuables. → 箱底
他脸皮真厚一点都不识羞。 → 识羞
穿这么厚还是抵不住北方的风寒。 → 风寒
我不给他点颜色看看，他真不知道天高地厚了！ → 给颜色看
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Character Decomposition

厂
[chǎng]		 + 曰
[yuē]		 + 子
[zǐ]

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