馨香

Mandarin · pinyin xīn xiāng

Meanings

  1. fragrance
  2. fragrant (of incense)
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馨
xīn · fragrant, aromatic; distant fragrance
香
xiāng · fragrant, sweet-smelling; incense; Kangxi radical 186
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1–1 · xin1 xiang1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hing1 hoeng1

Cantonese word readings for 馨香. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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hing1 hoeng1

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noun

  1. (literary) fragrance
  2. smell of burning incense

adj

  1. (Cantonese) fragrant
  2. (Cantonese) esteemed

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