香榭

Chinese

		fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular	pavilion
trad. (香榭)		香	榭
simp. #(香榭)		香	榭

Etymology

Sense #2 is short for 香榭麗舍／香榭丽舍 (Xiāngxièlìshè), i.e. a phono-semantic matching of French Champs-Élysées.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngxiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ ze⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngxiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangsiè
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-hsieh⁴
    • Yale: syāng-syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangshieh
    • Palladius: сянсе (sjanse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ ze⁶
    • Yale: hēung jeh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ dze⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ zé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɛː²²/

Noun

香榭

1. (literary) (terraces and) terraced buildings in a temple
2. bustling street, upscale area, beautiful scenery, etc. (chiefly in names to convey a foreign feel)