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
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sio-hiuⁿ / sio-hioⁿ

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

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 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

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

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