# 香火
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiānghuǒ
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng$^1$ fo$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hiông-fó
    (Hailu, HRS): hiong$^ˋ$ fo$^ˊ$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hiuⁿ-hé / hiuⁿ-hér / hioⁿ-hóe / hiuⁿ-hóe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hion$^1$ huê$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$shian-hu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiānghuǒ
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sianghuǒ
*** Wade–Giles: hsiang$^1$-huo$^3$
*** Yale: syāng-hwǒ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianghuoo
*** Palladius: сянхо (sjanxo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hoeng$^1$ fo$^2$
*** Yale: hēung fó
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng$^1$ fo$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hêng$^1$ fo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hœːŋ⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiông-fó
*** Hakka Romanization System: hiong$^ˊ$ fo$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hiong$^1$ fo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴ fo³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: hiong$^ˋ$ fo$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /hioŋ⁵³ fo²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-hé
*** Tâi-lô: hiunn-hé
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hviu'hea
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-hér
*** Tâi-lô: hiunn-hér
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiũ³³ hə⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hioⁿ-hóe
*** Tâi-lô: hionn-hué
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hvioi'hoea
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-hóe
*** Tâi-lô: hiunn-hué
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hviu'hoea
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hion$^1$ huê$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hioⁿ hué
*** Sinological IPA : /hĩõ³³⁻²³ hue⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$shian-hu
*** MiniDict: shian$^平$ hu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$xian-hu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiã⁵⁵ hu²¹/

### Noun

香火
* joss stick and candles burning at a temple
* temple attendant
* ancestral sacrifices
* burning joss sticks, incense coil, etc.
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) small red bag containing incense ash, used as a good luck charm

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 廟祝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 廟祝, 廟公 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 廟倌 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 廟祝 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 廟祝, 廟祝公 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 廟祝, 廟祝公 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 廟老子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 廟公 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 廟公 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 廟公 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 廟公 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 廟公 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 廟公 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 齋公 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 廟公, 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 廟祝, 廟公 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 廟公, 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 廟公, 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 廟公, 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 廟公, 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 廟公, 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 廟公, 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 廟公 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 廟公, 顧廟的, 顧宮的 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 宮公, 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 宮公, 廟祝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 治宮 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 治宮 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 治宮 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 廟祝, 廟祝公 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 香火 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 廟祝, 廟老倌 |