# 上香
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shàngxiāng
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng$^5$ hoeng$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-hiang / siāng-hiang
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shàngxiāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shàngsiang
*** Wade–Giles: shang$^4$-hsiang$^1$
*** Yale: shàng-syāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshiang
*** Palladius: шансян (šansjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: soeng$^5$ hoeng$^1$
*** Yale: séuhng hēung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soeng$^5$ hoeng$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêng$^5$ hêng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sœːŋ¹³ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-hiang
*** Tâi-lô: siōng-hiang
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sioxnghiafng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hiaŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hiaŋ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-hiang
*** Tâi-lô: siāng-hiang
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siaxnghiafng
*** IPA (Taipei): /siaŋ³³⁻¹¹ hiaŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ³³⁻²¹ hiaŋ⁴⁴/

### Verb

上香
* to burn incense; to offer joss sticks

#### Synonyms

* 割香 (Hokkien)
* 插香 (chāxiāng)
* 行香 (xíngxiāng)
* 裝香／装香 (zhuāngxiāng) (chiefly Cantonese)
* 進香／进香 (jìnxiāng)
| 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 | 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 |

#### See also

* 拜神 (bàishén)