天香

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (天香)		天	香
simp. ^#(天香)		天	香

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānxiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ hoeng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānxiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiansiang
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-hsiang¹
  - Yale: tyān-syāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshiang
  - Palladius: тяньсян (tjanʹsjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ hoeng¹
  - Yale: tīn hēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ hoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ hêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ hœːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

天香

(literary) heavenly aroma
(literary) daytime fragrance
(literary) sacrificial incense
(literary) peony

Derived terms

國色天香／国色天香 (guósètiānxiāng)
天香國色／天香国色 (tiānxiāngguósè)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “天香” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

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