香肉

Chinese

		fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular	meat; flesh
trad. (香肉)		香	肉
simp. #(香肉)		香	肉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngròu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄖㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ juk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngròu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄖㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangròu
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-jou⁴
    • Yale: syāng-ròu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangrow
    • Palladius: сянжоу (sjanžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ juk⁶
    • Yale: hēung yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ jʊk̚²/

Noun

香肉

1. (regional, euphemistic) dog meat; fragrant meat

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 狗肉 (“dog meat”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		狗肉
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	狗肉
	Malaysia	狗肉
	Singapore	狗肉
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	地羊肉
	Liuzhou	狗肉, 香肉, 地羊
Cantonese	Guangzhou	狗肉, 香肉, 三六, 三六香肉
	Hong Kong	狗肉, 香肉, 三六
	Dongguan	狗肉, 香肉
Gan	Nanchang	狗肉
Hakka	Meixian	狗肉
Southern Min	Quanzhou	狗肉
	Jinjiang	狗肉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	狗肉
	Manila (Hokkien)	狗肉
	Shantou	狗肉
	Haikou	四五
Xiang	Changsha	地羊肉