沉香

See also: 沈香

Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (沉香/沈香)		沉/沈	香
simp. (沉香)		沉	香

Etymology

So named as it sinks when placed in water.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chénxiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ hoeng¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀m-hiông
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tîm-hiuⁿ / tîm-hiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chénxiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chénsiang
  - Wade–Giles: chʻên²-hsiang¹
  - Yale: chén-syāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernshiang
  - Palladius: чэньсян (čɛnʹsjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cam⁴ hoeng¹
  - Yale: chàhm hēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ hoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ hêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀m-hiông
  - Hakka Romanization System: ciim^ˇ hiong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cim² hiong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨm¹¹ hi̯oŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-hiuⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tîm-hiunn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dimhviw
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tim²³⁻³³ hiũ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tim²⁴⁻¹¹ hiũ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tim²⁴⁻²² hiũ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-hiong
  - Tâi-lô: tîm-hiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dimhiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tim²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

沉香

agarwood, aloewood; agilawood (Aquilaria malaccensis)

Synonyms

伽南香 (qiénánxiāng)

Derived terms

沉香木

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (沉香):

→ Japanese: 沈香(じんこう) (jinkō)
→ Korean: 침향(沉香) (chimhyang)
→ Vietnamese: trầm hương (沉香)

Proper noun

沉香

Temiang (a town in Malaysia)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
沉	香
じん Hyōgai	こう Grade: 4
goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 沉香 – see the following entry.

【沈香じんこう】

[noun] agarwood

[noun] Aquilaria malaccensis, a species of lign-aloes that produces agarwood

(This term, 沉香, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
沉	香

Noun

沉香 • (chimhyang) (hangeul 침향)

hanja form^? of 침향 (“agarwood”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
沉	香

Noun

沉香

chữ Hán form of trầm hương (“agarwood”)