上香

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) savory fragrant; incense; (of food) savory; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
simp. and trad. (上香)		上	香

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ hoeng¹
• Min Nan (POJ): siōng-hiang / siāng-hiang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shàngxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshiang
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ hoeng¹
    • Yale: séuhng hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ hêng¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sœ̽ːŋ¹³ hœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-hiang
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-hiang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxnghiafng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hiaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hiaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-hiang
    • Tâi-lô: siāng-hiang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxnghiafng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaŋ³³⁻²¹ hiaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiaŋ³³⁻¹¹ hiaŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

上香

1. to burn incense

Synonyms

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

See also

• 拜神 (bàishén)