進香

進香

Chinese

		advance; enter; to come in	fragrant; incense; (of food) savory fragrant; incense; (of food) savory; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (進香)		進	香
simp. (进香)		进	香

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon³ hoeng¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chìn-hiuⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jìnxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnshiang
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeon³ hoeng¹
    • Yale: jeun hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen³ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên³ hêng¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃɵn³³ hœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn-hiuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsìn-hiunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cienhviw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ hiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiũ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ hiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕin¹¹⁻⁵³ hiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕin²¹⁻⁴¹ hiũ⁴⁴/

Verb

進香

1. to worship by burning incense at a temple

Synonyms

• 插香 (chāxiāng)
• 上香 (shàngxiāng)
• 行香 (xíngxiāng)
• (chiefly Cantonese) 裝香／装香 (zhuāngxiāng)

See also

• 拜神 (bàishén)