腥膻

Chinese

		fishy (smell)	rank odor (of sheep or goats)
trad. (腥膻)		腥	膻
simp. ^#(腥膻)		腥	膻

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīngshān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ saan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīngshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥㄕㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingshan
  - Tongyong Pinyin: singshan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing¹ saan¹
  - Yale: sīng sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing¹ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ säːn⁵⁵/

Noun

腥膻

(literary, literally) pungent smell of beef and mutton
(literary, figuratively) meat; non-vegetarian dish
(literary, figuratively, historical) northern invaders
(literary, figuratively) bad thing; evil force

Synonyms

(meat): 葷菜／荤菜 (hūncài), 肉食 (ròushí)

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