香油 (hoeng1 jau4) — balsam, pomatum, scented ointment in Cantonese

hoengˉ¹香jauˎ₄油

Mandarin Pinyin: xiang1 you2

Meaning of 香油

nounbalsam, pomatum, scented ointment

nouna donation to a (Chinatown's) family association ancestral shrine

noun(noun) Donation of entering a Chinese temple

beiˊ²俾diˉ¹啲hoengˉ¹香jauˎ₄油cinˎ₄錢

Give some incense money.

kauˎ₄求sanˎ₄神jiu˗₃要hoengˉ¹香jauˎ₄油cinˎ₄錢

Asking gods requires incense money.

hoengˉ¹香jauˎ₄油cinˎ₄錢mˎ₄唔haiˍ₆係gam˗₃咁gai˗₃計

Incense money isn't calculated like that.

neiˏ₅你jauˍ₆又beiˊ²俾hoengˉ¹香jauˎ₄油cinˎ₄錢

You're giving incense money again.

hoengˉ¹香jauˎ₄油cinˎ₄錢ceoiˎ₄隨samˉ¹心

Incense money is voluntary.

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