香噴噴

Chinese

		fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular	fragrant; sneeze; to puff fragrant; sneeze; to puff; to spout; to spray; to spurt	fragrant; sneeze; to puff fragrant; sneeze; to puff; to spout; to spray; to spurt
trad. (香噴噴)		香	噴	噴
simp. (香喷喷)		香	喷	喷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngpēnpēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄆㄣ ㄆㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ pan³ pan³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiông-phun-phun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngpēnpēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄆㄣ ㄆㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangpenpen
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-pʻên¹-pʻên¹
    • Yale: syāng-pēn-pēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangpenpen
    • Palladius: сянпэньпэнь (sjanpɛnʹpɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ pʰən⁵⁵ pʰən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ pan³ pan³
    • Yale: hēung pan pan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ pan³ pan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ pen³ pen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ pʰɐn³³ pʰɐn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiông-phun-phun
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiong^ˊ pun pun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiong¹ pun⁴ pun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰun⁵⁵ pʰun⁵⁵/

Adjective

香噴噴

1. very fragrant

   • 香噴噴地，軟柔柔地，酥胸如雪。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     香喷喷地，软柔柔地，酥胸如雪。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《董西廂》卷五

     Xiāngpēnpēn dì, ruǎnróuróu dì, sūxiōng rú xuě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 香噴噴一身衣服，沒一件不汙穢了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     香喷喷一身衣服，没一件不污秽了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1628 CE, Ling Mengchu, Slapping the Table in Amazement I

     Xiāngpēnpēn yīshēn yīfú, méi yījiàn bù wūhuì le. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. very tasty; delicious; savoury

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 香噴噴 (“(expressive) fragrant”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		香噴噴
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	香噴噴
Cantonese	Hong Kong	香噴噴
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	香噴噴仔, 香馞馞仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	香噴噴仔, 香馞馞仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	香噴噴著, 香馞馞著
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	香噴噴, 香馞馞
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	香噴噴, 香馞馞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	香噴噴仔, 香馞馞仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	香噴噴, 香馞馞
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	香噴噴, 香馞馞
Southern Min	Xiamen	芳滾滾, 芳衝衝, 芳貢貢
	Tainan	芳貢貢, 芳衝衝

Antonyms

• 臭熏熏
• (Cantonese) 臭崩崩

References

• “Entry #109739”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.