進香

Chinese

		advance; enter; to come in	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; 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
• Jin (Wiktionary): jing³ xion¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chìn-hiuⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnsiang
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-hsiang¹
    • Yale: jìn-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnshiang
    • Palladius: цзиньсян (czinʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeon³ hoeng¹
    • Yale: jeun hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen³ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên³ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn³³ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jing³ xion¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕĩŋ⁴⁵ ɕiɒ̃¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn-hiuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsìn-hiunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cienhviw
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ hiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ hiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁵³ hiũ⁴⁴/

Verb

進香

1. to worship by burning incense at a temple

Synonyms

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

 

See also

• 拜神 (bàishén)