芳香

Chinese

		fragrant	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (芳香)		芳	香
simp. ^#(芳香)		芳	香

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fāngxiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤㄒㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ hoeng¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fông-hiông
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hong-hiong / hong-hiang

(Teochew, Peng'im): huang¹ hiang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fāngxiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤㄒㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fangsiang
  - Wade–Giles: fang¹-hsiang¹
  - Yale: fāng-syāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fangshiang
  - Palladius: фансян (fansjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong¹ hoeng¹
  - Yale: fōng hēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ hoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ hêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fông-hiông
  - Hakka Romanization System: fong^ˊ hiong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fong¹ hiong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /foŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hi̯oŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-hiong
  - Tâi-lô: hong-hiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: honghiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ hiɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-hiang
  - Tâi-lô: hong-hiang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: honghiafng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huang¹ hiang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huang hiang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ³³⁻²³ hiaŋ³³/

Adjective

芳香

Synonyms

(fragrant): 芬芳 (fēnfāng)

Noun

芳香

fragrance; aroma; perfume; bouquet (pleasant smell); incense

Synonyms

幽香 (yōuxiāng)
清芳 (Hokkien)
清香 (qīngxiāng)
清馨 (qīngxīn) (literary)
芳味 (fāngwèi)
香味 (xiāngwèi)
香氣 / 香气 (xiāngqì)
香氣子 / 香气子 (xian¹ qi⁴ zr) (Xiang)
馨香 (xīnxiāng) (literary)

Antonyms

惡臭 / 恶臭 (èchòu)
腐臭 (fǔchòu)
臭味
臭氣 / 臭气 (chòuqì)
臭氣子 / 臭气子 (chou⁴ qi⁴ zr) (Xiang)

Derived terms

芳香性 (fāngxiāngxìng)
芳香族 (fāngxiāngzú)
芳香療法 / 芳香疗法 (fāngxiāng liáofǎ)

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phang-hiuⁿ / phang-hioⁿ

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phang-hiuⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: phang-hiunn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phanghviw
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiũ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰaŋ³³ hiũ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiũ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phang-hioⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: phang-hionn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phanghvioy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

芳香

(Southern Min) joss stick; incense

Japanese

Kanji in this term
芳	香
ほう Grade: S	こう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほーこー [hòókóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ːko̞ː]

Noun

芳(ほう)香(こう) • (hōkō)

perfume, aroma

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN