# 燒香
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shāoxiāng
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ ㄒㄧㄤ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sao$^1$ xiang$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^1$ hoeng$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sêu-hiông
    (Hailu, HRS): shau$^ˋ$ hiong$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sau$^1$ hiong$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): siĕu-hiŏng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sio-hiuⁿ / sio-hioⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siê$^1$ hiên$^1$ / sio$^1$ hion$^1$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$sau-shian / $^1$sau-shian$_1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shāoxiāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ ㄒㄧㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shaosiang
*** Wade–Giles: shao$^1$-hsiang$^1$
*** Yale: shāu-syāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaushiang
*** Palladius: шаосян (šaosjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shāoxiāngr
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ ㄒㄧㄤㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shaosiangr
*** Wade–Giles: shao$^1$-hsiang$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: shāu-syāngr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaushiangl
*** Palladius: шаосянр (šaosjanr)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: sao$^1$ xiang$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: saoxiang
*** Sinological IPA : /sau⁵⁵ ɕiaŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^1$ hoeng$^1$
*** Yale: sīu hēung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^1$ hoeng$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^1$ hêng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯⁵⁵ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu-hiông
*** Hakka Romanization System: seu$^ˊ$ hiong$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: seu$^1$ hiong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ hi̯oŋ²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: shau$^ˋ$ hiong$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʃau⁵³ hioŋ⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sau$^1$ hiong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /sau⁴⁴ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siĕu-hiŏng
*** Sinological IPA : /sieu⁵⁵ $^{(h-)}$yoŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-hiuⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: sio-hiunn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sioi'hviw
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiũ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sio⁴⁴⁻³³ hiũ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁴⁴⁻²² hiũ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sio³³ hiũ³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-hioⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: sio-hionn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sioi'hvioy
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔ̃⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: siê$^1$ hiên$^1$ / sio$^1$ hion$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sie hieⁿ / sio hioⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /sie³³⁻²³ hĩẽ³³/, /sio³³⁻²³ hĩõ³³/
* siê1 hiên1 - Chaozhou;
* sio1 hion1 - Jieyang.

### Verb

燒香
* (religion) to burn incense (before an altar of an idol or an ancestor)
* (figurative) to bribe

#### Synonyms

* (to burn incense):
* 炷香 (zhùxiāng) (literary)
* 焚香 (fénxiāng)
* 燃香 (ránxiāng)
* 點香／点香 (diǎnxiāng)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 燒香 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 燒香 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 燒香 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 燒香 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 燒香 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 燒香, 上香 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 燒香 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 燒香 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 燒香 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 燒香 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 燒香 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 燒香 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 燒香, 上香 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 燒香 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 燒香 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 燒香 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 燒香 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 燒香 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 燒香 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 燒香 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 燒香 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 燒香 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 燒香 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 燒香 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 燒香, 上香 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 燒香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 燒香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 燒香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 燒香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 燒香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 燒香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 燒香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 燒香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 燒香, 降香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 燒香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 燒香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 燒香, 上香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 燒香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 燒香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 燒香, 上香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 燒香 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 燒香 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 燒香, 上香 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 燒香 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 燒香 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 燒香 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 燒香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 燒香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 燒香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 燒香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 燒香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 燒香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 燒香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 燒香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 燒香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 燒香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 燒香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 燒香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 燒香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 燒香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 燒香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 燒香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 燒香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 燒香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 燒香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 燒香, 裝香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 燒香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 燒香 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 燒香 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 燒香 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 燒香, 敬香 literary |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 燒香 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 燒香 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 燒香 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 燒香 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 燒香 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 燒香 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 燒香, 上香 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 裝香 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 裝香, 上香 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 裝香 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 燒香 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 燒香 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 燒香, 裝香, 上香 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 燒香, 點香 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 裝香 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 燒香, 焚香 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 燒香, 焚香 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 燒香, 焚香 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 燒香, 焚香 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 燒香, 焚香 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 燒香 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 燒香, 裝香 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 燒香, 上香 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 燒香 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 燒香 |
| Jin | Datong | 燒香 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 燒香 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 燒香, 上香 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 燒香 |
| Jin | Linhe | 燒香 |
| Jin | Jining | 燒香 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 燒香 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 燒香 |
| Jin | Handan | 燒香 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 燒香 |
| Jin | Suide | 燒香 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 燒香 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 點香 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 點香 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 點香 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 燒香 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 燒香 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 點香 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 燒香 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 裝香 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 燒香 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 燒香 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 燒香 |
| Wu | Danyang | 燒香, 上香 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 燒香 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 燒香, 上香 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 燒香 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 裝香 |

#### Derived terms

* 平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳／平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚 (píngshí bù shāoxiāng, línshí bào fójiǎo)
* 揀佛燒香／拣佛烧香
* 燒香磕頭／烧香磕头
* 磕頭燒香／磕头烧香
* 窮算命，富燒香／穷算命，富烧香