燒香

See also: 烧香

Chinese

		to burn; to cook; to stew to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (燒香)		燒	香
simp. (烧香)		烧	香

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shāoxiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄠㄒㄧㄤ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sao¹ xiang¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ hoeng¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sêu-hiông

(Hailu, HRS): shau^ˋ hiong^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): sau¹ hiong¹
Eastern Min (BUC): siĕu-hiŏng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sieo¹ hieo¹ / siao¹ hiao¹ / sieo¹ hiunn¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sio-hiuⁿ / sio-hioⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): siê¹ hiên¹ / sio¹ hion¹
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹sau-shian / ¹sau-shian₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shāoxiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄠㄒㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shaosiang
  - Wade–Giles: shao¹-hsiang¹
  - Yale: shāu-syāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaushiang
  - Palladius: шаосян (šaosjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shāoxiāngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄠㄒㄧㄤㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shaosiangr
  - Wade–Giles: shao¹-hsiang¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: shāu-syāngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaushiangl
  - Palladius: шаосянр (šaosjanr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: sao¹ xiang¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: saoxiang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sau⁵⁵ ɕiaŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu¹ hoeng¹
  - Yale: sīu hēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ hoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ hêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu-hiông
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu^ˊ hiong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹ hiong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ hi̯oŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: shau^ˋ hiong^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /ʃau⁵³ hioŋ⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sau¹ hiong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sau⁴⁴ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siĕu-hiŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieu⁵⁵ ^(h-)yoŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo¹ hieo¹ [Phonetic: sieo⁵ ieo¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sa̤u-ha̤uⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬieu⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(h-)ieu⁵³³/
- (Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: siao¹ hiao¹ [Phonetic: siao⁵ iao¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiɐu⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(h-)iɐu⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo¹ hiunn¹ [Phonetic: sieo⁵ iunn¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬieu⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(h-)ĩũ⁵⁴⁴/
- (Youyang)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo¹ hiunn¹ [Phonetic: sieo⁵ iunn¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /θiəu⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(h-)ĩũ⁵⁴⁴/
- (Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo¹ hiunn¹ [Phonetic: sieo⁵ iunn¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiəu⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(h-)ĩũ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-hiuⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sio-hiunn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioi'hviw
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiũ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sio⁴⁴⁻³³ hiũ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁴⁴⁻²² hiũ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sio³³ hiũ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-hioⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sio-hionn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioi'hvioy
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔ̃⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siê¹ hiên¹ / sio¹ hion¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sie hieⁿ / sio hioⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sie³³⁻²³ hĩẽ³³/, /sio³³⁻²³ hĩõ³³/

Note:

siê1 hiên1 - Chaozhou;
sio1 hion1 - Jieyang.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹sau-shian
  - MiniDict: sau^平 shian
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sau-xian
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɔ⁵⁵ ɕiã²¹/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹sau-shian₁
  - MiniDict: sau^平 shian^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sæ⁴⁴ ɕiã/

Verb

燒⫽香 (verb-object)

(religion) to burn incense (before an altar of an idol or an ancestor)
(figurative) to bribe

Synonyms

(to burn incense):

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炷香 (zhùxiāng) (literary)
焚香 (fénxiāng)
燃香 (ránxiāng)
點香 / 点香 (diǎnxiāng)

Dialectal synonyms of 燒香 (“to burn incense; to offer joss sticks”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		燒香
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	燒香
	Chengde	燒香
	Chifeng	燒香
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	燒香
	Heihe	燒香, 上香
	Qiqihar	燒香
	Jiamusi	燒香
	Baicheng	燒香
	Changchun	燒香
	Tonghua	燒香
	Shenyang	燒香
	Jinzhou	燒香, 上香
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	燒香
	Tangshan	燒香
	Cangzhou	燒香
	Baoding	燒香
	Shijiazhuang	燒香
	Lijin	燒香
	Jinan	燒香
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	燒香
	Dandong	燒香
	Yantai	燒香
	Yantai (Muping)	燒香
	Qingdao	燒香, 上香
	Zhucheng	燒香
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	燒香
	Lingbao	燒香
	Jining	燒香
	Wanrong	燒香
	Linfen	燒香
	Shangqiu	燒香
	Yuanyang	燒香
	Zhengzhou	燒香, 降香
	Xinyang	燒香
	Baihe	燒香
	Xi'an	燒香, 上香
	Baoji	燒香
	Tianshui	燒香
	Xining	燒香, 上香
	Xuzhou	燒香
	Fuyang	燒香
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	燒香, 上香
	Lanzhou	燒香
	Dunhuang	燒香
	Hami	燒香
	Ürümqi	燒香
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	燒香
	Dazhou	燒香
	Hanyuan	燒香
	Xichang	燒香
	Zigong	燒香
	Chongqing	燒香
	Wuhan	燒香
	Yichang	燒香
	Xiangyang	燒香
	Tianmen	燒香
	Zunyi	燒香
	Bijie	燒香
	Liping	燒香
	Zhaotong	燒香
	Dali	燒香
	Kunming	燒香
	Mengzi	燒香
	Guilin	燒香
	Liuzhou	燒香, 裝香
	Jishou	燒香
	Changde	燒香
	Hanzhong	燒香
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	燒香
	Yangzhou	燒香, 敬香 literary
	Lianyungang	燒香
	Lianshui	燒香
	Nantong	燒香
	Anqing	燒香
	Wuhu	燒香
	Hefei	燒香
	Hong'an	燒香, 上香
Cantonese	Guangzhou	裝香
	Hong Kong	裝香, 上香
	Dongguan	裝香
Gan	Nanchang	燒香
	Lichuan	燒香
	Pingxiang	燒香, 裝香, 上香
Hakka	Meixian	燒香, 點香
	Yudu	裝香
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	燒香, 焚香
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	燒香, 焚香
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	燒香, 焚香
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	燒香, 焚香
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	燒香, 焚香
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	燒香
Huizhou	Jixi	燒香, 裝香
Huizhou	Shexian	燒香, 上香
Jin	Taiyuan	燒香
	Yangyuan	燒香
	Datong	燒香
	Xinzhou	燒香
	Lüliang (Lishi)	燒香, 上香
	Changzhi	燒香
	Linhe	燒香
	Jining	燒香
	Hohhot	燒香
	Zhangjiakou	燒香
	Handan	燒香
	Linzhou	燒香
	Suide	燒香
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	燒香
Southern Min	Xiamen	點香
	Quanzhou	點香
	Zhangzhou	點香
	Tainan	燒香
	Manila (Hokkien)	點香
	Jieyang	燒香
	Leizhou	點香
	Haikou	燒香
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	裝香
Wu	Shanghai	燒香
	Shanghai (Chongming)	燒香
	Suzhou	燒香
	Danyang	燒香, 上香
	Hangzhou	燒香
	Ningbo	燒香, 上香
	Wenzhou	燒香
Xiang	Loudi	裝香

Derived terms

平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳 / 平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚 (píngshí bù shāoxiāng, línshí bào fójiǎo)
揀佛燒香 / 拣佛烧香
燒香磕頭 / 烧香磕头
磕頭燒香 / 磕头烧香
窮算命，富燒香 / 穷算命，富烧香

References

李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “1521 烧香（动宾）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 440.