香hoeng1火fo2

English

1. incense burning in front of a temple
2. burning joss sticks
3. joss sticks, incense or candles that are burning, usually during rites of worshipunreviewed?
4. (particularly male) descendant; offspringunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 祭祀果陣燒嘅衣紙同埋香燭unreviewed?
2. 後代嘅繼承；子嗣unreviewed?

Examples

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  香火鼎盛

  to have a lot of incense burning (to have many worshipers) ----

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  斷絕香火

  one's family/genetic line ends with him

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  佢係陳家唯一一粒仔，屋企人都指意佢繼承香火。

  He's the only son of the Chans. They expect his giving birth to descendants.