hương thẻ
Definition
- Noun:
- Incense stick: A slender, solid stick made of aromatic materials (often wood powder mixed with fragrant substances) that is burned to produce fragrant smoke, typically used in religious rituals, meditation, or to scent a space.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Trên bàn thờ có vài cây hương thẻ. (There are a few incense sticks on the altar.)
- Mùi hương thẻ tỏa ra thơm ngát. (The scent from the incense stick spreads, very fragrant.)
Advanced Usage
- "đốt hương thẻ": to burn/light an incense stick.
- Mỗi sáng, bà đều đốt một cây hương thẻ trên bàn thờ. (Every morning, she lights an incense stick on the altar.)
Variants and Related Words
- Nhang: A more common, general term for incense, which can come in stick (hương thẻ), coil (nhang vòng), or cone (nhang nón) forms.
- Hương: A Sino-Vietnamese word meaning fragrance or incense; often used interchangeably with "nhang" but can sound more formal or literary.
- Hương trầm: Refers specifically to agarwood or high-quality, precious incense.
Synonyms
- Nhang thẻ: Incense stick (a direct synonym combining the common word "nhang" with "thẻ").
- Nhang cây: Incense stick (using "cây" meaning "tree/plant/stick").
Related Phrases
- Thắp hương / Thắp nhang: The most common verbs meaning to light incense (sticks, coils, etc.).
- Gia đình tôi thường thắp hương vào ngày rằm. (My family usually lights incense on the full moon day.)
Related Idioms
- Khói hương nghi ngút: Describing the dense, rising smoke from burning incense, often evoking a solemn or sacred atmosphere.
- Trong đền, khói hương nghi ngút. (Inside the temple, incense smoke rises densely.)