寬厚

Chinese

		lenient; wide; broad	generous; thick (for flat things)
trad. (寬厚)		寬	厚
simp. (宽厚)		宽	厚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuānhòu

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄢㄏㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fun¹ hau⁵
Min Nan (POJ): khoan-hiǒ / khoan-hō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kuānhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄢㄏㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuanhow
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯än⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fun¹ hau⁵
  - Yale: fūn háuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fun¹ hau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fun¹ heo⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /fuːn⁵⁵ hɐu̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoan-hiǒ
  - Tâi-lô: khuan-hiǒ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuan³³ hio²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoan-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: khuan-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoanho
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/

Adjective

寬厚

thick and broad
tolerant and generous; honest and kind

Synonyms

(tolerant):

厚道 (hòudào)
大度 (dàdù) (formal)
大量 (dàliàng)

寬大／宽大 (kuāndà)
寬宏／宽宏 (kuānhóng)
寬綽／宽绰 (kuānchuò) (archaic)

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