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香油

香油

Chinese

		fragrant; incense; (of food) savory fragrant; incense; (of food) savory; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular	oil; sly
simp. and trad. (香油)		香	油

Noun

香油

sesame oil
perfumed oil; pomade

Synonyms

(sesame oil): 麻油 (máyóu), 芝麻油 (zhīmayóu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiāngyóu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ jau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiông-yù
Min Nan (POJ): hiong-iû / hiang-iû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiāngyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangyou
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ i̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng¹ jau⁴
  - Yale: hēung yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ jau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiông-yù
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiong´ iuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hiong¹ yiu²
  - IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴ i̯u¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiông-yù
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiong´ (r)iuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hiong¹ yiu²
  - IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴ (j)i̯u¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong-iû
  - Tâi-lô: hiong-iû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiong'iuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiang-iû
  - Tâi-lô: hiang-iû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiang'iuu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/