Chinese symbol for “thicken”
增厚
zēng hòu
to thicken
The closest CC-CEDICT match for thicken is 增厚 (zēng hòu), defined as: to thicken.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “thicken”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 增厚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 增加 | zēng jiā | to raise; to increase |
| 增长 (增長) | zēng zhǎng | to grow; to increase |
| 增强 (增強) | zēng qiáng | to increase; to strengthen |
| 新增 | xīn zēng | to add (sth new); newly added; additional |
| 增多 | zēng duō | to increase; to grow in number |
| 增设 (增設) | zēng shè | to add to existing facilities or services |
| 浓厚 (濃厚) | nóng hòu | dense; thick (fog, clouds etc) |
| 深厚 | shēn hòu | deep; profound |
See also: Japanese symbol for “thicken”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.