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толстый

Translation of толстый

thick

Russian word in Latin letters: tolstyy

Meaning of толстый

Russian

Большой от одной стороны до другой, например книга в тысячу страниц.

Chinese

上下或两面之间距离大的

thick

Pronunciation

Russian · Male
[ˈtolstɨj]
Russian · Female

Traps and common mistakes

Толстый or густой?

густой

густой = thick, of liquid, hair, forest, fog

Don't mix them up. Soup, hair, fog — густой; a book, a wall, ice — толстый.

Суп получился слишком густой.

The soup turned out too thick.

Он подарил мне толстый блокнот.

He gave me a thick notebook.

Толстый or плотный?

плотный

плотный = thick, dense: fabric, curtains, paper

Don't mix them up. Dense fabric or curtains — плотный; a book, a wall, a slice — толстый.

Повесь плотные шторы, чтобы было темно.

Hang thick curtains so it's dark.

На столе лежала толстая папка с документами.

A thick folder of documents lay on the table.

толстый usage examples

🇷🇺Russian→🇨🇳Chinese

Она читала толстую книгу.

她在看一本很厚的书。

🇷🇺Russian→🇨🇳Chinese

Эта стена очень толстая.

这面墙很厚。

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толстый meaning: what does it mean?

having a large distance between two opposite sides, like a big book or a wall

толстый pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

толстый is pronounced as [ˈtolstɨj]. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

толстый definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

她在看一本很厚的书。 Translation: Она читала толстую книгу.

Is толстый part of Adjectives vocabulary?

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