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优厚 (yōu hòu) — generous, favorable (of salary, treatment, or conditions); liberal, munificent (formal)

Definition

Formal adjective meaning 'generous, favorable', used for salary, benefits, or terms offered to someone. Collapses naturally with 待遇, 条件, and 薪酬 rather than describing people directly.

adjective
generousfavorable (of salary, treatment, or conditions)liberalmunificent (formal)

Examples

  • 优厚。
    Gōng sī tí gōng le fēi cháng yōu hòu de xīn chóu dài yù.
    The company offered very generous compensation and benefits.
  • ，优厚。
    Tā jù jué le nà fèn gōng zuò, yīn wèi tiáo jiàn bú gòu yōu hòu.
    He turned down that job because the terms weren't favorable enough.
  • 优厚。
    Zhè jiā xué xiào duì liú xué shēng de jiǎng xué jīn fēi cháng yōu hòu.
    This school's scholarships for international students are very generous.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

优yōuexcellent
厚hòugenerous

优 and 厚 both convey excellence and generosity, giving a sense of favorable treatment.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 優; 优 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
憂
憂yōu優yōu
Same sound today

The traditional form 優 combines 亻 (人, person) with 憂 for the sound; the simplified 优 is a later abbreviation.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 厂厂chǎngcliff; cave on a cliff
  • 𣆪𣆪𣆪jug

The shape of 厚 puts 𣆪, a jug, beneath 厂, a cliff or cave.

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