書香

Chinese

		book; letter	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (書香)		書	香
simp. (书香)		书	香
Literally: “aroma of books”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ hoeng¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): su-hiong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ze¹ hiang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shusiang
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-hsiang¹
    • Yale: shū-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shushiang
    • Palladius: шусян (šusjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu¹ hoeng¹
    • Yale: syū hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-hiong
    • Tâi-lô: su-hiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'hiofng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ze¹ hiang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ hiang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ hiaŋ³³/

Noun

書香

1. scholarly tradition (of a family etc.); literary reputation

Derived terms

• 書香社會／书香社会 (shūxiāng shèhuì)
• 書香門第／书香门第 (shūxiāngméndì)