HSK 6 · Adjectives

浓厚 nónghòu “strong” in Chinese

Traditional 濃厚

What 浓厚 means

  1. strong
  2. dense
  3. thick (interest, fog)
  4. thick (fog, clouds etc)
  5. to have a strong interest in
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • deep
  • fully saturated (colour)

How to say 浓厚

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale浓nóng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale厚hòu4th tone, falling

浓厚 in a sentence

  1. 他对中国文化有浓厚的兴趣。

    Tā duì Zhōngguó wénhuà yǒu nónghòu de xìngqù.

    He has a strong interest in Chinese culture.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 节日的气氛越来越浓厚了。

    Jiérì de qìfēn yuèláiyuè nónghòu le.

    The festive atmosphere is getting stronger and stronger.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 浓厚 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 浓 (nóng) with each of its parts in a different colour
浓nóngconcentrated
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 农agriculture · nóngSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 农 (nóng) hints at the sound. Compare it with nóng.

The character 厚 (hòu) with each of its parts in a different colour
厚hòuthick
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
  • 日sun · rì
  • 子child · zǐ

How to write 浓厚

浓 9 strokes · 厚 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

浓厚 (nónghòu) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 浓厚 (nónghòu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 浓厚

Words with 浓

浓nóng · concentrated

Words with 厚

厚hòu · thick雄厚xiónghòu · abundant得天独厚détiāndúhòu · richly endowed by nature深情厚谊shēnqínghòuyì · deep friendship

More words: Adjectives

难得nándé · rare难能可贵nánnéngkěguì · rare and commendable拿手náshǒu · good at内在nèizài · inner庞大pángdà · huge贫乏pínfá · lacking频繁pínfán · frequent平凡píngfán · ordinary

FAQs

浓厚 (nónghòu) means “strong” or “dense”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it nónghòu: nóng with a 2nd tone, then hòu with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 浓厚 is written 濃厚. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nonghou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 浓厚 from the suggestions. Typing nonghou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
浓厚 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.