香
xiāng HSK3

fragrant

香 xiāng
savory adjective
appetizing or delicious in smell or taste

这碗红烧肉闻起来真香。

zhè wǎn hóng​shāo​ròu wén​qǐ​lái zhēn xiāng.

This bowl of braised pork smells delicious.

fragrant adjective
having a pleasant, sweet, or aromatic smell

这种花开的时候非常香。

zhèi zhǒng huā kāi de shí​hou fēi​cháng xiāng.

This flower is very fragrant when it blooms.

sound adjective
referring to a deep and peaceful sleep

宝宝正睡得香，别吵醒他。

bǎo​bao zhèng shuì de xiāng, bié chǎo​xǐng tā.

The baby is sleeping soundly; don't wake him up.

incense noun
a joss stick or aromatic substance burned for ritual or fragrance

他在佛像前点燃了三炷香。

tā zài fó​xiàng qián diǎn​rán le sān zhù xiāng.

He lit three sticks of incense in front of the Buddha statue.

perfume noun
perfume, spice, or aromatic substances

柜台上摆放着各种盛在精致玻璃瓶里的香。

guì​tái shàng bǎi​fàng zhe gè zhǒng chéng zài jīng​zhì bō​li​píng lǐ de xiāng.

Various kinds of incense in exquisite glass bottles are displayed on the counter.

with relish adjective
to eat with great appetite or enjoyment

看他吃得这么香，我也饿了。

kàn tā chī de zhè​me xiāng, wǒ yě è le.

Seeing him eat with such gusto makes me hungry too.

Cross-References

Classifier

Has old variant

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
776th most common 240.4 per million
Movie subtitles
924th most common 122.2 per million appears in 38% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
29.2 per million appears in 10% of films
Written text
91.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+9999

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)