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): ㄕㄠ ㄒㄧㄤ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sao¹ xiang¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ hoeng¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sêu-hiông
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sio-hiuⁿ / sio-hioⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siê¹ hiên¹ / sio¹ hion¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāoxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • 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: ㄕㄠ ㄒㄧㄤㄦ
    • 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu-hiông
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu´ hiong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹ hiong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ hi̯oŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-hiuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sio-hiunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioi'hviw
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁴⁴⁻³³ hiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁴⁴⁻²² hiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio³³ hiũ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-hioⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sio-hionn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioi'hvioy
    • 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.

Verb

燒香

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

Synonyms

• (to burn incense):

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

 

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