香油錢 (hoeng1 jau4 cin2) — donations of money to a temple by praying Buddhists or Taoists in Cantonese
hoengˉ¹香jauˎ₄油cinˊ²錢简 香油钱
Mandarin Pinyin: xiang1 you2 qian2
Meaning of 香油錢
noundonations of money to a temple by praying Buddhists or Taoists
Example Sentences with 香油錢
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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