請香火
Chinese
to ask; to invite; please (do something) to ask; to invite; please (do something); to treat (to a meal, etc.); to request |
joss stick and candles burning at a temple; temple attendant | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (請香火) | 請 | 香火 | |
| simp. (请香火) | 请 | 香火 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiáⁿ-hiuⁿ-hé / chhiáⁿ-hiuⁿ-hér / chhiáⁿ-hioⁿ-hóe
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiáⁿ-hiuⁿ-hé
- Tâi-lô: tshiánn-hiunn-hé
- Phofsit Daibuun: chviafhviu'hea
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiũ⁴⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiáⁿ-hiuⁿ-hér
- Tâi-lô: tshiánn-hiunn-hér
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiũ³³ hə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiáⁿ-hioⁿ-hóe
- Tâi-lô: tshiánn-hionn-hué
- Phofsit Daibuun: chviafhvioi'hoea
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Verb
請香火
- (Hokkien) to bring the ashes from the incense burner used for a particular deity into the local area or home to be enshrined and worshipped
Synonyms
- (Hokkien) 乞火