"Incense" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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香气 xiāng qì fragrance / aroma / incense
熏香 xūn xiāng incense
香烟 xiāng yān cigarette / smoke from burning incense / CL:支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
香火 xiāng huǒ incense burning in front of a temple / burning joss sticks
烧香 shāo xiāng to burn incense
香炉 xiāng lú a censer (for burning incense) / incense burner / thurible
焚香 fén xiāng to burn incense
蚊香 wén xiāng mosquito-repellent incense or coil
进香 jìn xiāng to burn incense at a temple
香案 xiāng àn incense burner table
香 xiāng fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:根[gen1]
鼐 nài incense tripod
炷 zhù wick of an oil lamp / to burn (incense etc) / classifier for lit incense sticks
拣佛烧香 jiǎn fó shāo xiāng to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom) / fig. to curry favor from the right person
佛香阁 Fó xiāng gé Tower of Buddhist Incense in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园[Yi2 he2 yuan2], Beijing
庙祝 miào zhù acolyte in charge of incense in a temple
拈香 niān xiāng burn incense
朝山进香 cháo shān jìn xiāng to go on a pilgrimage and offer incense (idiom)
焚香敬神 fén xiāng jìng shén to burn incense in prayer to a God
燃香 rán xiāng to burn incense
烧香拜佛 shāo xiāng bài Fó to burn incense and worship Buddha
烧高香 shāo gāo xiāng to burn incense / to thank profusely
葬玉埋香 zàng yù mái xiāng lit. burying jade and interring incense (idiom) / funeral for a beautiful person
香几 xiāng jī a small table to accommodate an incense burner
香木 xiāng mù incense wood
头香 tóu xiāng the first stick of incense placed in the censer (believed to bring good luck esp. during festivities) / (slang) (Tw) the first reply to a blog post etc
环香 huán xiāng incense coil
盘香 pán xiāng incense coil
线香 xiàn xiāng incense stick
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