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香油錢
  hoeng1 jau4 cin4*2   jyutping
  xiang1 you2 qian2   pinyin
donations of money to a temple by praying Buddhists or Taoists

The money donated is to maintain the joss sticks and candles or future renovations of the temple.
noun

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
香油錢 / 香油钱

This word has been viewed 1417 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 14th Jun 2009 02:27 and last edited on 19th Feb 2014 00:21
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Characters in this word:

 hoeng1  -  fragrant; aromatic
 jau4  -  oil; fat; grease; petroleum
 cin4 cin4*2  -  cash, money, coins
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