五香

Chinese

		five	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (五香)		五	香
simp. #(五香)		五	香

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ hoeng¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): vu² xion¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): ngū-*hiŏng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ngó͘-hiong / gó͘-hiong / ngó͘-hiang

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngou⁶ hiang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔsiang
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-hsiang¹
    • Yale: wǔ-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuushiang
    • Palladius: усян (usjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ hoeng¹
    • Yale: ńgh hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: vu² xion¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /vu⁵³ ɕiɒ̃¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngū-*hiŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋu³³⁻²¹ hyoŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-hiong
    • Tâi-lô: ngóo-hiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngofhiofng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /ŋɔ⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ hiɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gó͘-hiong
    • Tâi-lô: góo-hiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gofhiofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-hiang
    • Tâi-lô: ngóo-hiang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngofhiafng
    • IPA (Singapore): /ŋɔ⁴²⁻²⁴ hiaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngou⁶ hiang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngŏu hiang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou³⁵⁻¹¹ hiaŋ³³/

Noun

五香

1. five spices (fennel, cinnamon, clove, star aniseed and prickly ash)
2. ngo hiang (a dish in Hokkien and Teochew cuisine, traditionally consisting of a pork filling wrapped in beancurd skin and deep-fried)

Synonyms

• (five-spice powder):

Dialectal synonyms of 五香 (“five spices (fennel, cinnamon, clove, star aniseed and prickly ash)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		五香
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	五香
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	五香
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	五香
Cantonese	Hong Kong	五香
Gan	Lichuan	五香
Jin	Taiyuan	五香
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	五香
Southern Min	Xiamen	五香
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	五香
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	五香
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	五香
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	五香
	Yilan (Toucheng)	五香
	Tainan	五香
	Tainan (Anping)	五香
	Penghu (Xiyu)	五香
	Manila (Hokkien)	五香
	Haikou	招料, 芳料

• (ngo hiang):

Dialectal synonyms of 五香 (“ngo hiang”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	肉卷, 雞卷
Mandarin	Singapore	五香
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	五香
Southern Min	Xiamen	五香
	Quanzhou	五香
	Zhangzhou	五香
	Dongshan	五香
	Taipei	雞卷
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	雞卷
	Kaohsiung	肉繭仔
	Yilan	肉卷
	Changhua (Lukang)	雞卷
	Taichung	繭仔
	Tainan	肉繭
	Hsinchu	雞卷
	Kinmen	雞卷
	Penghu (Magong)	肉卷
	Penang (Hokkien)	滷肉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	五香
	Manila (Hokkien)	雞卷, 五香卷
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	五香

Derived terms

• 五香粉 (wǔxiāngfěn)
• 五香豆 (wǔxiāngdòu)
• 五香麵／五香面
• 五香麵兒／五香面儿

 

Related terms

• 十三香 (shísānxiāng)