檀香

Chinese

		sandal wood	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (檀香)		檀	香
simp. #(檀香)		檀	香

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tánxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taan⁴ hoeng¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thàn-hiông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tánxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tánsiang
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan²-hsiang¹
    • Yale: tán-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarnshiang
    • Palladius: таньсян (tanʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taan⁴ hoeng¹
    • Yale: tàahn hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taan⁴ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tan⁴ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːn²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thàn-hiông
    • Hakka Romanization System: tanˇ hiong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tan² hiong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰan¹¹ hi̯oŋ²⁴/

Noun

檀香

1. sandalwood (the aromatic heartwood of the tropical trees of the genus Santalum)

Synonyms

• 栴檀 (zhāntán)

Derived terms

• 白檀香 (báitánxiāng)

 

See also

• 檀木 (tánmù)