暗香

Chinese

		dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	fragrant; incense; (of food) savory fragrant; incense; (of food) savory; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (暗香)		暗	香
simp. ^#(暗香)		暗	香

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ànxiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): am³ hoeng¹
Min Nan (POJ): àm-hiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ànxiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ànsiang
  - Wade–Giles: an⁴-hsiang¹
  - Yale: àn-syāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annshiang
  - Palladius: аньсян (anʹsjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹ ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    暗箱
    暗香
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: am³ hoeng¹
  - Yale: am hēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: am³ hoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: em³ hêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³³ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àm-hiong
  - Tâi-lô: àm-hiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: armhiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /am²¹⁻⁵³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /am²¹⁻⁵³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /am¹¹⁻⁵³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /am²¹⁻⁴¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

暗香

subtle and delicate fragrance (of a flower)
(literary) scent of the plum blossom; (metonymically) plum flower

Derived terms

冷蕊暗香
暗香疏影

疏影暗香
暗香幽豔／暗香幽艳

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (暗香):

→ Japanese: 暗香(あんこう) (ankō)
→ Korean: 암향(暗香) (amhyang)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
暗	香
あん Grade: 3	こう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

暗(あん)香(こう) • (ankō)

a fragrance or scent from nowhere in particular; often alludes to the scent of plums

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