天香

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (天香)		天	香
simp. #(天香)		天	香

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ hoeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiansiang
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-hsiang¹
    • Yale: tyān-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshiang
    • Palladius: тяньсян (tjanʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ hoeng¹
    • Yale: tīn hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ hœːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

天香

1. (literary) heavenly aroma
2. (literary) daytime fragrance
3. (literary) sacrificial incense
4. (literary) peony

Derived terms

• 國色天香／国色天香 (guósètiānxiāng)
• 天香國色／天香国色 (tiānxiāngguósè)

 

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “天香” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].