Cantonese Dictionary

餉

hoeng2

Mandarin: xiang3

Simplified: 饷

soldier's pay | to offer a gift (especially food and drink) to guests | # adapted from cc-cedict

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餡

haam6*2

Mandarin: xian4

filling or stuffing for pies, cakes, dumplings, etc

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餡

haam2

Mandarin: xian4

Simplified: 馅

stuffing | forcemeat | filling | secret | # adapted from cc-cedict

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餡兒

haam6*2 ji4

Mandarin: xianr4

filling; stuffing | Spoken Cant. is just 餡 (haam62), the 兒 representing the rolling-r suffix of northern Mandarin nouns.

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餡料

haam6 liu6*2

filling (for pastries, pies, etc.)

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餡餅

haam6*2 beng2

Mandarin: xian4 bing3

meat pie; tart; cake

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饗

hoeng2

Mandarin: xiang3

Simplified: 飨

(literary) to offer food and drinks | to entertain | to give sacrificial dinner | to host a banquet | to enjoy food | # adapted from cc-cedict

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饗客

hoeng2 haak3

Mandarin: xiang3 ke4

entertain guests

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饗宴

hoeng2 jin3

Mandarin: xiang3 yan4

feast; banquet

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香

hoeng1

Mandarin: xiang1

fragrant | sweet smelling | aromatic | savory or appetizing | (to eat) with relish | (of sleep) sound | perfume or spice | joss or incense stick M: 根gēn [根] | spice | incense | scent | aroma | fragrance | a good name | a surname | to sniff | richly satisfying | fond | popular | pertaining to woman | beautiful | to die | KangXi radical 186 | # adapted from cc-cedict

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香主

hoeng1 zyu2

Mandarin: xiang1 zhu3

incense master; a senior rank in a gang

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香信

hoeng1 seon3

Mandarin: xiang1 xin4

a type of shiitake mushroom

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香包

hoeng1 baau1

Mandarin: xiang1 bao1

a small bag full of fragence used on Dragonboat Festival

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香口

hoeng1 hau2

Mandarin: xiang1 kou3

tasty; crispy (spoken)

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香口膠

hoeng1 hau2 gaau1

Cantonese

chewing gum [華]: 口香糖 , 口香膠

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香吻

hoeng1 man5

Mandarin: xiang1 wen3

kiss

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香味

hoeng1 mei6

Mandarin: xiang1 wei4

fragrance; fragrant; (of food) pleasant smell or taste

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香味肥皂

hoeng1 mei6 fei4 zou6

Mandarin: xiang1 wei4 fei2 zao4

toilet soap; bathroom soap; bath soap; fragrant soap | Abbreviated to '香皂' | Also Cant.-speaking areas: 香梘

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香咗

hoeng1 zo2

Mandarin: xiang1 zuo5

Cantonese

a tactful way of saying someone has died; defeated; thwarted

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香噴噴

hoeng1 pan3 pan3

Mandarin: xiang1pen1pen1

Simplified: 香喷喷

(adjective) Smell great

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香囊

hoeng1 nong4

Mandarin: xiang1 nang2

spice bag

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香奈兒

hoeng1 noi6 ji4

Mandarin: xiang1 nai4 er2

Chanel, Parisian fashion house specializing in luxury goods [Var.] 香奈爾

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香客

hoeng1 haak3

Mandarin: xiang1 ke4

a pilgrim

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香川縣

hoeng1 cyun1 jyun6

Mandarin: xiang1 chuan1 xian4

Simplified: 香川县

Kagawa Prefecture, Japan

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香巢

hoeng1 caau4

Mandarin: xiang1 chao2

a love nest; a place of secret cohabitation (also derogatory)

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香料

hoeng1 liu6*2

Mandarin: xiang1 liao4

spice(s), condiment, flavor, perfume

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香料粉

hoeng1 liu2 fan2

Mandarin: xiang1 liao4 fen3

spice powder

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香木

hoeng1 muk6

Mandarin: xiang1 mu4

incense wood

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香案

hoeng1 on3

Mandarin: xiang1 an4

incense burner table

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香梘

hoeng1 gaan2

Mandarin: xiang1 jian3

Simplified: 香枧

soap

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