請香火

Chinese

		to ask; to invite; please (do something) to ask; to invite; please (do something); to treat (to a meal, etc.); to request	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (請香火)		請	香	火
simp. (请香火)		请	香	火

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiáⁿ-hiuⁿ-hé / chhiáⁿ-hiuⁿ-hér / chhiáⁿ-hiuⁿ-hóe

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiáⁿ-hiuⁿ-hé
    • Tâi-lô: tshiánn-hiunn-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviafhviu'hea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiũ⁴⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiáⁿ-hiuⁿ-hér
    • Tâi-lô: tshiánn-hiunn-hér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiũ³³ hə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiáⁿ-hiuⁿ-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: tshiánn-hiunn-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviafhviu'hoea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiũ⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁵³/

Verb

請香火

1. (Hokkien) to bring the ashes from the incense burner used for a particular deity into the local area or home to be enshrined and worshipped

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 乞火