上香

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (上香)		上	香
simp. ^#(上香)		上	香

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngxiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ hoeng¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-hiang / siāng-hiang

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngxiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngsiang
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-hsiang¹
  - Yale: shàng-syāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshiang
  - Palladius: шансян (šansjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁵ hoeng¹
  - Yale: séuhng hēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ hoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ hêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-hiang
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-hiang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxnghiafng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hiaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hiaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-hiang
  - Tâi-lô: siāng-hiang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaxnghiafng
  - IPA (Taipei): /siaŋ³³⁻¹¹ hiaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ³³⁻²¹ hiaŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

上香

to burn incense

Synonyms

割香 (Hokkien)
插香 (chāxiāng)
行香 (xíngxiāng)
裝香／装香 (zhuāngxiāng) (chiefly Cantonese)
進香／进香 (jìnxiāng)

See also

拜神 (bàishén)

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