香火

香火

Chinese

		fragrant; incense; (of food) savory fragrant; incense; (of food) savory; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
simp. and trad. (香火)		香	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānghuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ fo²
• Min Nan (POJ): hiuⁿ-hóe / hiuⁿ-hér / hiuⁿ-hé / hioⁿ-hóe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiānghuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianghuuo
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianghuǒ
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵ xwɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ fo²
    • Yale: hēung fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ fo²
    • IPA ^(key): /hœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: hiunn-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hviu'hoea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-hér
    • Tâi-lô: hiunn-hér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiũ³³ hə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-hé
    • Tâi-lô: hiunn-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hviu'hea
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hioⁿ-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: hionn-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvioi'hoea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁵³/

Noun

香火

1. joss stick and candles burning at a temple
2. temple attendant
3. ancestral sacrifices
4. burning joss sticks, incense coil, etc.