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"incense stick" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
线香 線香 xiàn xiāng incense stick
Chinese Pinyin Translation
别 別 bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) syn
棍子 gùn zi stick / rod syn
插入 chā rù to insert / to stick in / to plug in syn
拐杖 guǎi zhàng crutches / crutch / walking stick syn
出头 出頭 chū tóu to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than syn
坚守 堅守 jiān shǒu to hold fast to / to stick to
棒子 bàng zi stick / club / cudgel / maize (corn) / ear of maize / corncob / (derog.) Korean syn
竖起 豎起 shù qǐ to erect (a tent etc) / to prick up (one's ears) / to raise (one's eyebrows) / to stick up (one's thumb) / to turn up (one's collar) / (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers) syn
一头 一頭 yī tóu one head / a head full of sth / one end (of a stick) / one side / headlong / directly / rapidly / simultaneously syn
杆子 桿子 gǎn zi pole / stick / club / gang of bandits syn
木棍 mù gùn wooden stick syn
香气 香氣 xiāng qì fragrance / aroma / incense syn
两端 兩端 liǎng duān both ends (of a stick etc) / two extremes syn
紧贴 緊貼 jǐn tiē to stick close to / to press up against syn
棍棒 gùn bàng club / staff / stick syn
不拘一格 bù jū yī gé not stick to one pattern syn
大棒 dà bàng big stick (policy etc) syn
仗义 仗義 zhàng yì to uphold justice / to be loyal (to one's friends) / to stick by syn
凸出 tū chū to protrude / to stick out syn
拨弄 撥弄 bō nòng to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc) / to fiddle with / to stir up syn
粘贴 粘貼 zhān tiē to stick / to affix / to adhere / to paste (as in "copy and paste") / Taiwan pr. [nian2 tie1] / also written 黏貼|黏贴[nian2 tie1] syn
粘连 粘連 zhān lián adhesion / to adhere / to cohere / to stick syn
黏着 黏著 nián zhuó to adhere / to stick together / to bond / to agglutinate
烧香 燒香 shāo xiāng to burn incense syn
香炉 香爐 xiāng lú a censer (for burning incense) / incense burner / thurible
凸现 凸現 tū xiàn to come to prominence / to appear clearly / to stick out syn
香火 xiāng huǒ incense burning in front of a temple / burning joss sticks syn
不拘 bù jū not stick to / not confine oneself to / whatever syn
探头探脑 探頭探腦 tàn tóu tàn nǎo to stick one's head out and look around (idiom) syn
风雨同舟 風雨同舟 fēng yǔ tóng zhōu lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom) / fig. to stick together in hard times syn
拐棍 guǎi gùn cane / walking stick syn
黏附 nián fù to adhere / to stick to syn
馨香 xīn xiāng fragrance / fragrant (of incense) syn
焚香 fén xiāng to burn incense syn
香烛 香燭 xiāng zhú joss stick and candle syn
不粘锅 不粘鍋 bù zhān guō non-stick pan
竹马 竹馬 zhú mǎ bamboo stick used as a toy horse
见缝插针 見縫插針 jiàn fèng chā zhēn lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom) / fig. to make use of every second and every inch syn
发贴 發貼 fā tiē to stick sth up (on the wall) / to post (on a noticeboard or website)
插上 chā shang to plug into / to insert / to stick in
插进 插進 chā jìn to insert / to stick in / to plug in (an electronic device)
吐舌头 吐舌頭 tǔ shé tou to stick out one's tongue
翘起 翹起 qiào qǐ to stick up / to point sth up
紧扣 緊扣 jǐn kòu to stick closely to (a topic or theme etc)
肉棒 ròu bàng meat stick / penis
粘连 粘連 nián lián to adhere / to stick together syn
粘着 粘著 nián zhuó to stick together / to adhere
胶着 膠著 jiāo zhuó to stick onto / stalemate / gridlock / to agglutinate syn
蚊香 wén xiāng mosquito-repellent incense or coil
手动挡 手動擋 shǒu dòng dǎng manual gear change / shift stick
进香 進香 jìn xiāng to burn incense at a temple
熏香 xūn xiāng incense
努嘴 nǔ zuǐ to pout / to stick out one's lips syn
香案 xiāng àn incense burner table
荧光棒 熒光棒 yíng guāng bàng glow stick / light stick
棒喝 bàng hè practice in which a novice monk is shouted at or hit with a stick with the purpose of bringing about instant awakening (Buddhism) / to rebuke sternly
球棒 qiú bàng (baseball or cricket) bat / hockey stick
棒 bàng stick / club / cudgel / smart / capable / strong / wonderful / classifier for legs of a relay race syn
挺 tǐng straight / erect / to stick out (a part of the body) / to (physically) straighten up / to support / to withstand / outstanding / (coll.) quite / very / classifier for machine guns syn
签 籤 qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag syn
巴 bā to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail syn
贴 貼 tiē to stick / to paste / to post (e.g. on a blog) / to keep close to / to fit snugly / to subsidize / allowance (e.g. money for food or housing) / sticker / classifier for sticking plaster: strip syn
香 xiāng fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:根[gen1] syn
拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch syn
杆 桿 gǎn stick / pole / lever / classifier for long objects such as guns syn
枚 méi classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy syn
粘 zhān to glue / to paste / to adhere / to stick to syn
翘 翹 qiào to stick up / to rise on one end / to tilt syn
折 shé to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) syn
叮 dīng to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc) / to say repeatedly / to urge insistently / to ask repeatedly / to stick to a point / (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound syn
棍 gùn stick / rod / truncheon / scoundrel / villain syn
墨 mò ink stick / China ink / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead syn
坨 tuó mound / heap / lump / classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits) / (of noodles, jiaozi 餃子|饺子[jiao3zi5] etc) to stick together / to form a clump syn
黏 nián sticky / glutinous / (Tw) to adhere / to stick on / to glue syn
撅 juē to protrude / to stick out / to pout (also written 噘) / to embarrass (people) syn
杖 zhàng a staff / a rod / cane / walking stick / to flog with a stick (old) syn
凸 tū to stick out / protruding / convex / male (connector etc) / Taiwan pr. [tu2] syn
铉 鉉 xuàn stick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in order to lift the cauldron / commonly used in Korean names, transcribed as "hyun"
抱佛脚 抱佛腳 bào fó jiǎo lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom) / fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / panic measures in place of timely preparation syn
炷 zhù wick of an oil lamp / to burn (incense etc) / classifier for lit incense sticks syn
变速杆 變速桿 biàn sù gǎn gear lever / stick shift
比量 bǐ liang to measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc) syn
扦 qiān short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc / skewer / prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc / (dialect) to stick in / to bolt (a door) / to arrange (flowers in a vase) / to graft (tree) / to pedicure / to peel (an apple etc)
龅 齙 bāo (of a bucktooth) to protrude / to stick out
鼐 nài incense tripod syn
喁 yóng (literary) (of a fish) to stick its mouth out of the water
软硬兼施 軟硬兼施 ruǎn yìng jiān shī use both carrot and stick / use gentle methods and force / an iron hand in a velvet glove
一口咬定 yī kǒu yǎo dìng to arbitrarily assert / to allege / to stick to one's statement / to cling to one's view syn
拣佛烧香 揀佛燒香 jiǎn fó shāo xiāng to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom) / fig. to curry favor from the right person
不主故常 bù zhǔ gù cháng not to stick to the old conventions
头香 頭香 tóu xiāng the first stick of incense placed in the censer (believed to bring good luck esp. during festivities) / (slang) (Tw) the first reply to a blog post etc
塔香 tǎ xiāng (cuisine) basil-flavored (abbr. for 九層塔香|九层塔香[jiu3ceng2ta3xiang1]) / cone-shaped incense stick
霸王鞭 bà wáng biān a rattle stick used in folk dancing / rattle stick dance
曲棍 qū gùn bent stick / hockey stick
泥古 nì gǔ stick-in-the-mud / to stick to old ways / stubbornly conservative
火柴人 huǒ chái rén stick figure / stick person
马竿 馬竿 mǎ gān lasso pole / blind man's stick / white stick
佛香阁 佛香閣 fó xiāng gé Tower of Buddhist Incense in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园[Yi2 he2 yuan2], Beijing
庙祝 廟祝 miào zhù acolyte in charge of incense in a temple
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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