暗香

Chinese

		dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (暗香)		暗	香
simp. #(暗香)		暗	香

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ànxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): am³ hoeng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): àm-hiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ànxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ànsiang
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴-hsiang¹
    • Yale: àn-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annshiang
    • Palladius: аньсян (anʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 暗箱 暗香

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: am³ hoeng¹
    • Yale: am hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am³ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: em³ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³³ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àm-hiong
    • Tâi-lô: àm-hiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: armhiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /am²¹⁻⁵³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /am²¹⁻⁵³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /am¹¹⁻⁵³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /am²¹⁻⁴¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

暗香

1. subtle and delicate fragrance (of a flower)
2. (literary) scent of the plum blossom; (metonymically) plum flower

Derived terms

• 冷蕊暗香
• 暗香幽豔／暗香幽艳
• 暗香疏影
• 疏影暗香

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (暗香):

• → Japanese: 暗香(あんこう) (ankō)
• → Korean: 암향(暗香) (amhyang)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
暗	香
あん Grade: 3	こう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

暗(あん)香(こう) • (ankō) 

1. a fragrance or scent from nowhere in particular; often alludes to the scent of plums