憨厚

Chinese

		silly; simple-minded	generous; thick (for flat things)
trad. (憨厚)		憨	厚
simp. #(憨厚)		憨	厚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hānhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham¹ hau⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ham-hiǒ / ham-hō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hānhòu → hānhou (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢ ㄏㄡˋ → ㄏㄢ ˙ㄏㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hanho̊u
    • Wade–Giles: han¹-hou⁵
    • Yale: hān-hou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: han.how
    • Palladius: ханьхоу (xanʹxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/ → /xän⁵⁵ xoʊ̯²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham¹ hau⁵
    • Yale: hām háuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham¹ hau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem¹ heo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm⁵⁵ hɐu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ham-hiǒ
    • Tâi-lô: ham-hiǒ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ham³³ hio²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ham-hō͘
    • Tâi-lô: ham-hōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hamho
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ham⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/

Adjective

憨厚

1. simple and honest; straightforward

Synonyms

• 了當／了当 (liǎodàng)
• 坦率 (tǎnshuài)
• 坦白 (tǎnbái)
• 實誠／实诚 (shíchéng) (colloquial)
• 忠厚 (zhōnghòu)
• 憨實／憨实 (hānshí)
• 憨直 (hānzhí)
• 敞快 (chǎngkuai)
• 暢快／畅快 (chàngkuài)
• 樸實／朴实 (pǔshí)
• 爽快 (shuǎngkuài)
• 爽朗 (shuǎnglǎng)
• 爽直 (shuǎngzhí)
• 率直 (shuàizhí)
• 疏朗 (shūlǎng) (literary)
• 痛快 (tòngkuài)
• 直爽 (zhíshuǎng)
• 直率 (zhíshuài)
• 直白 (zhíbái)
• 老實／老实 (lǎoshí)