書香
Chinese
| book; letter | fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (書香) | 書 | 香 | |
| simp. (书香) | 书 | 香 | |
| Literally: “aroma of books”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): syu1 hoeng1
- Hakka (Changting, Changting Pinyin): shu1 xiông1
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shūxiāng
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄒㄧㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shusiang
- Wade–Giles: shu1-hsiang1
- Yale: shū-syāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shushiang
- Palladius: шусян (šusjan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: syu1 hoeng1
- Yale: syū hēung
- Cantonese Pinyin: sy1 hoeng1
- Guangdong Romanization: xu1 hêng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /syː⁵⁵ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Changting)
- Changting Pinyin: shu1 xiông1
- Sinological IPA: /ʃu³³ ɕiɔŋ³³/
- (Changting)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-hiong
- Tâi-lô: su-hiong
- Phofsit Daibuun: su'hiofng
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ze1 hiang1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ hiang
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ hiaŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Noun
書香
- scholarly tradition (of a family etc.); literary reputation
Derived terms
References
- 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “书香”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 595.