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) savory fragrant; incense; (of food) savory; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (燒香)		燒	香
simp. (烧香)		烧	香

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shāoxiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄠㄒㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ hoeng¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sêu-hiông
Min Nan (POJ): sio-hiuⁿ / sio-hioⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shāoxiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄠㄒㄧㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaushiang
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: shāoxiāngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄠㄒㄧㄤㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaushiangl
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕjɑ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu¹ hoeng¹
  - Yale: sīu hēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ hoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ hêng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu-hiông
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu´ hiong´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹ hiong¹
  - IPA: /se̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ hi̯oŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-hiuⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sio-hiunn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioi'hviw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕio⁴⁴⁻²² hiũ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiũ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕio⁴⁴⁻³³ hiũ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕio³³ hiũ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-hioⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sio-hionn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioi'hvioy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕio⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔ̃⁴⁴/

Verb

燒香

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

Synonyms

(to burn incense): (Min Nan) 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
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

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