浓厚 (nóng hòu) — thick, dense (of fog, clouds, atmosphere); stro… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

浓厚 describes strong, dense atmosphere — thicker 雾/烟, deeper 兴趣/感情, more saturated 颜色. 比浓 stronger; 比厚 broader (covers emotions and colors too).

adjective

thickdense (of fog, clouds, atmosphere)strongdeep (of interest, emotion, atmosphere)richfully saturated (of color)

Examples

浓厚。
Jīn tiān zǎo shàng de wù hěn nóng hòu.
The fog this morning is very thick.
浓厚。
Tā duì zhōng guó wén huà yǒu nóng hòu de xìng qù.
He has a strong interest in Chinese culture.
浓厚。
Zhè fú huà de yán sè fēi cháng nóng hòu.
The colors of this painting are very rich.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

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

浓 and 厚 both convey thickness or intensity, so the word means dense or strong.

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 濃; 浓 is its simplified writing.

氵農濃

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

農

農nóng濃nóng

Same sound today

The traditional form 濃 has 氵 as water and 農 as the sound part; this is the form described here.

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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