沉香

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沉香

  • chénxiāng Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄤ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • cam⁴ hoeng¹ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • chhṳ̀m-hiông Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • tîm-hiuⁿ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • tîm-hiong Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • chénxiāng Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄤ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • chénsiang Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • chʻên²-hsiang¹ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • chén-syāng Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • chernshiang Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • чэньсян Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • cam⁴ hoeng¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • chàhm hēung Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • tsam⁴ hoeng¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • cem⁴ hêng¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /t͡sʰɐm²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • chhṳ̀m-hiông Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • ciim^ˇ hiong^ˊ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • cim² hiong¹ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • /t͡sʰɨm¹¹ hi̯oŋ²⁴/ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • tîm-hiuⁿ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • tîm-hiunn Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • dimhviw Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • /tim²⁴⁻²² hĩ̯ũ⁴⁴/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • /tim²³⁻³³ hĩ̯ũ⁴⁴/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • /tim²⁴⁻¹¹ hĩ̯ũ⁴⁴/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • tîm-hiong Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen

Where it comes from

因容易沉入水底,且帶有香味而得名。

noun 沈香

  1. 瑞香科沉香属的一属植物。(Aquilaria agallocha)
  2. 中醫學 上述植物的含有樹脂的木材,乾燥後作為藥材 沉香,枝、葉並似椿。云似橘者,恐未是也。其枝節不朽,沉水者為沉香;其肌理有黑脈,浮者為煎香。雞骨、馬蹄皆是煎香,並無別功,止可熏衣去臭。

Similar: 伽南香

proper noun 沈香

  1. 位於馬來西亞的鎮

Thesaurus

noun

Similar: 伽南香

In English

  • agarwood soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {沉香},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%B2%89%E9%A6%99},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}