書香

Chinese

		book; letter	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (書香)		書	香
simp. (书香)		书	香
Literally: “aroma of books”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shūxiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄒㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ hoeng¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): su-hiong

(Teochew, Peng'im): ze¹ hiang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shūxiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄒㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shusiang
  - Wade–Giles: shu¹-hsiang¹
  - Yale: shū-syāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shushiang
  - Palladius: шусян (šusjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syu¹ hoeng¹
  - Yale: syū hēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ hoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ hêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-hiong
  - Tâi-lô: su-hiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: su'hiofng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ze¹ hiang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ hiang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ hiaŋ³³/

Noun

書香

scholarly tradition (of a family etc.); literary reputation

Derived terms

書香社會／书香社会 (shūxiāng shèhuì)
書香門第／书香门第 (shūxiāngméndì)

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