乳香

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Chinese

		breast; milk	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (乳香)		乳	香
simp. ^#(乳香)		乳	香

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rǔxiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ hoeng¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nen-hiông
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jú-hiuⁿ / lú-hiuⁿ / jí-hioⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rǔxiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rǔsiang
  - Wade–Giles: ju³-hsiang¹
  - Yale: rǔ-syāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruushiang
  - Palladius: жусян (žusjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁵ hoeng¹
  - Yale: yúh hēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ hoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ hêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nen-hiông
  - Hakka Romanization System: nen hiong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nen⁴ hiong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /nen⁵⁵ hi̯oŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jú-hiuⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: jú-hiunn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jw'hviw
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiũ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-hiuⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: lú-hiunn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lw'hviw
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiũ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiũ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jí-hioⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: jí-hionn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jy'hvioy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɔ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

乳香

frankincense

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (乳香):

→ Japanese: 乳香(にゅうこう) (nyūkō)
→ Korean: 유향(乳香) (yuhyang)
→ Vietnamese: nhũ hương (乳香)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乳	香
にゅう Grade: 6	こう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

乳(にゅう)香(こう) • (nyūkō) ^{←にうかう (niukau)^?}

frankincense

Korean

Hanja in this term
乳	香

Noun

乳香 • (yuhyang) (hangeul 유향)

hanja form^? of 유향 (“frankincense”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
乳	香

Noun

乳香

chữ Hán form of nhũ hương (“frankincense, mastic”).

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