香火

Chinese

		fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (香火)		香	火
simp. #(香火)		香	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānghuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ fo²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiuⁿ-hé / hiuⁿ-hér / hioⁿ-hóe / hiuⁿ-hóe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hion¹ huê²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹shian-hu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānghuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianghuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-huo³
    • Yale: syāng-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianghuoo
    • Palladius: сянхо (sjanxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ fo²
    • Yale: hēung fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-hé
    • Tâi-lô: hiunn-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hviu'hea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-hér
    • Tâi-lô: hiunn-hér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiũ³³ hə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hioⁿ-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: hionn-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvioi'hoea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: hiunn-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hviu'hoea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hion¹ huê²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hioⁿ hué
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hĩõ³³⁻²³ hue⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹shian-hu
    • MiniDict: shian^平 hu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xian-hu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiã⁵⁵ hu²¹/

Noun

香火

1. joss stick and candles burning at a temple
2. temple attendant
3. ancestral sacrifices
4. burning joss sticks, incense coil, etc.
5. (Taiwanese Hokkien) small red bag containing incense ash, used as a good luck charm

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 廟祝 (“temple attendant in charge of incense and candles”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		廟祝
Mandarin	Taiwan	廟祝, 廟公
	Wanrong	廟倌
	Liuzhou	廟祝
Cantonese	Guangzhou	廟祝, 廟祝公
	Hong Kong	廟祝, 廟祝公
Hakka	Yudu	廟老子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	廟公
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	廟公
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	廟公
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	廟公
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	廟公
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	廟公
Northern Min	Jian'ou	齋公
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	廟祝
Southern Min	Xiamen	廟公, 廟祝
	Zhangzhou	廟公
	Zhao'an	廟公
	Taipei	廟公
	Taipei (Wanhua)	廟公
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	廟祝, 廟公
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	廟公
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	廟公
	Kaohsiung	廟公, 廟祝
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	廟公
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	廟公
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	廟公, 廟祝
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	廟公, 廟祝
	Yilan	廟公, 廟祝
	Yilan (Toucheng)	廟公, 廟祝
	Changhua (Lukang)	廟公
	Taichung	廟公
	Taichung (Wuqi)	廟公
	Tainan	廟公, 廟祝
	Tainan (Anping)	廟公
	Taitung	廟公
	Hsinchu	廟公, 顧廟的, 顧宮的
	Kinmen	廟祝
	Penghu (Magong)	宮公, 廟祝
	Penghu (Xiyu)	宮公, 廟祝
	Jieyang	治宮
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	廟祝, 廟祝公
Wu	Shanghai	香火
Xiang	Changsha	廟祝, 廟老倌