沉香

沉香

See also: 沈香

Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	fragrant; incense; (of food) savory fragrant; incense; (of food) savory; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (沉香)		沉	香
simp. #(沉香)		沉	香

Etymology

So named as it sinks when placed in water.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chénxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ hoeng¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀m-hiông
• Min Nan (POJ): tîm-hiuⁿ / tîm-hiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chénxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chénsiang
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên²-hsiang¹
    • Yale: chén-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernshiang
    • Palladius: чэньсян (čɛnʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ hoeng¹
    • Yale: chàhm hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀m-hiông
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciimˇ hiong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cim² hiong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨm¹¹ hi̯oŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-hiuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tîm-hiunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dimhviw
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tim²³⁻³³ hiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tim²⁴⁻¹¹ hiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tim²⁴⁻²² hiũ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-hiong
    • Tâi-lô: tîm-hiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dimhiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tim²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

沉香

1. agarwood; agilawood (Aquilaria malaccensis)
2. Temiang (a town in Malaysia)

Derived terms

沉香木