香
香 in English
- fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:根[gen1]
Measure word
- 根 gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry) attested
Stroke order
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How it used to be written
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 曹魏 - See all 8 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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他们一边嗑香瓜子，一边打牌。
They eat sunflower seeds while playing cards.
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他们就快从香港抵达了。
They are arriving here soon from Hong Kong.
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他是香港人。
He is a Hongkonger.
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你们比较喜欢什么，苹果还是香蕉？
Which do you like better, apples or bananas?
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你已经吃过香蕉挞了吗？
Have you already eaten a banana tart?
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你要培根还是要香肠?
Would you like bacon or sausage?
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别忘了把香烟熄掉。
Don't forget to extinguish your cigarette.
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咖啡和香烟。
Coffee and cigarettes.