抹香

Chinese

		girdle; brassiere; to plaster girdle; brassiere; to plaster; play; to smear	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (抹香)		抹	香
simp. #(抹香)		抹	香

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǒxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mut³ hoeng¹ / mut⁶ hoeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǒxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǒsiang
    • Wade–Giles: mo³-hsiang¹
    • Yale: mwǒ-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mooshiang
    • Palladius: мосян (mosjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mut³ hoeng¹ / mut⁶ hoeng¹
    • Yale: mut hēung / muht hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁸ hoeng¹ / mut⁹ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mud³ hêng¹ / mud⁶ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚³ hœːŋ⁵⁵/, /muːt̚² hœːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

抹香

1. (rare) powder incense

Derived terms

• 抹香鯨／抹香鲸 (mǒxiāngjīng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (抹香):

• → Japanese: 抹香(まっこう) (makkō)
• → Korean: 말향(抹香) (malhyang)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
抹	香
まつ > まっ Grade: S	こう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠k̚ko̞ː]

Noun

抹(まっ)香(こう) • (makkō) 

1. powder incense