憨厚

hānhòu
adjective HSK 7-9 #64,238

Meanings

  1. 1 simple and honest
  2. 2 guileless; unaffected

Examples

HSK 3
Bié kàn tā hānhòu, xīnli shénme dōu qīngchu.
Don't be fooled by how guileless he looks; he understands everything.
HSK 6
Nàge hānhòu de xiàoróng ràng rén yíxiàzi jiù fàngsōng le.
That guileless smile put everyone at ease at once.
HSK 7-9
Tā wéirén hānhòu, dàjiā dōu yuànyì gēn tā dǎ jiāodao.
He is a guileless, decent sort, and everyone is happy to deal with him.

Tips

usage
A compliment about character, not a comment on intelligence. It praises someone unguarded and decent. On its own does lean toward dopey, so it is the pairing with (generous in nature) that makes the word warm.
culture
The same turns up in 憨态可掬, the stock phrase for something endearingly clumsy, the line Chinese media reaches for whenever a panda is on screen.

Stroke Order

hān
hòu