吃香

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (吃香)		吃	香
simp. #(吃香)		吃	香
Literally: “eat fragrance”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ hoeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihsiang
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-hsiang¹
    • Yale: chr̄-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyshiang
    • Palladius: чисян (čisjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ hoeng¹
    • Yale: hek hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ hœːŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

吃香

1. (colloquial) popular (people, clothing, universities, etc.)

Synonyms

• 受歡迎／受欢迎 (shòuhuānyíng)
• 流行 (liúxíng)
• 火爆 (huǒbào)
• 熱門／热门 (rèmén) (attributive)