線香

See also: 线香

Chinese

		thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (線香/綫香)		線/綫	香
simp. (线香)		线	香

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin³ hoeng¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): xie³ xion¹
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sienn⁴ xian¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànsiang
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-hsiang¹
    • Yale: syàn-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannshiang
    • Palladius: сяньсян (sjanʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin³ hoeng¹
    • Yale: sin hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin³ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin³ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³³ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: xie³ xion¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕie⁴⁵ ɕiɒ̃¹¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: sienn⁴ xian¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /si̯ẽ⁴⁵ ɕi̯æn³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɕi̯ẽ⁴⁵ ɕi̯æn³³/

Noun

線香

1. incense stick

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (線香):

• → Japanese: 線香(せんこう) (senkō)
• → Korean: 선향(線香) (seonhyang)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
線	香
せん Grade: 2	こう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せ​んこー [séꜜǹkòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ŋko̞ː]

Noun

線(せん)香(こう) • (senkō) 

1. incense stick

Derived terms

• 蚊取(かと)り線香(せんこう) (katorisenkō)