hương

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hɨəŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hɨəŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [hɨəŋ˧˧]
• Homophone: Hương

Sino-Vietnamese word from 香 (“fragrance”). Compare Japanese 香 (kō, “incense”).

hương

1. (usually literary or marketing) fragrance; scent

   hương đồng gió nội ― the fragrance and wind on rice paddies

   Nước xả hương hoa hồng mới, nay đậm đặc hơn !

   New rose-scented softener, now even more concentrated!

(classifier nén) hương

1. (Northern Vietnam) incense

   Synonym: nhang

   thắp hương ― to burn incense on an altar or at a grave

   hương muỗi ― a mosquito coil

Sino-Vietnamese word from 鄉.

hương

1. (only in compounds) township; populated place
2. (administrative) an administrative unit in China and Taiwan; township