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香火

香火

Chinese

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

Noun

香火

joss stick and candles burning at a temple
temple attendant
ancestral sacrifices
burning joss sticks, incense coil, etc.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiānghuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ fo²
Min Nan (POJ): hiuⁿ-hóe / hiuⁿ-hér / hiuⁿ-hé / hioⁿ-hóe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiānghuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianghuoo
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng¹ fo²
  - Yale: hēung fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ fo²
  - IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-hóe
  - Tâi-lô: hiunn-hué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hviu'hoea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-hér
  - Tâi-lô: hiunn-hér
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiũ³³ hə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-hé
  - Tâi-lô: hiunn-hé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hviu'hea
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hioⁿ-hóe
  - Tâi-lô: hionn-hué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hvioi'hoea
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁵³/