香燭

Chinese

		fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular	candle
trad. (香燭)		香	燭
simp. (香烛)		香	烛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngzhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ zuk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiuⁿ-chiak / hiuⁿ-chek / hioⁿ-chek
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shian-tsoq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngzhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangjhú
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-chu²
    • Yale: syāng-jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangjwu
    • Palladius: сянчжу (sjančžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ zuk¹
    • Yale: hēung jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-chiak
    • Tâi-lô: hiunn-tsiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hviuciag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiũ³³ t͡siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-chek
    • Tâi-lô: hiunn-tsik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hviuzeg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hioⁿ-chek
    • Tâi-lô: hionn-tsik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvioizeg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪk̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shian-tsoq
    • MiniDict: shian^平 tsoh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xian-tsoq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiã⁵⁵ t͡soʔ²¹/

Noun

香燭

1. joss stick and candles (burned when offering sacrifices to gods or ancestors)