English

1. candle wick, lamp wick
2. wick of an oil lamp
3. used for burning joss sticks
4. stick of incense
5. to burn (incense etc)
6. a unit of time used in the past to describe the burning of a joss stick, where the length of time may vary with the conditions of burning
7. classifier for lit incense sticks

粵語

1. 用嚟計算點緊嘅香
2. 計算燒一炷香所需嘅時間，係舊式嘅計時方法，所代表嘅長度因燒燒情況而異

Words containing 炷

• 艾炷ngaai6 zyu3

  moxa cone

• 頭炷香tau4 zyu3 hoeng1

  first incense offering on the Lunar New Year's Day

• 艾炷灸ngaai6 zyu3 gau3

  cone moxibustion (TCM)