燒香

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See also: 烧香

Chinese

to burn; to cook; to stew
to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever
 
fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury
fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
 
trad. (燒香)
simp. (烧香)

Pronunciation


Note:
  • siê1 hiên1 - Chaozhou;
  • sio1 hion1 - Jieyang.

Verb

燒香

  1. (religion) to burn incense (before an altar of an idol or an ancestor)
  2. (figurative) to bribe

Synonyms

  • (to burn incense):

Derived terms