喷香

噴香
pènxiāng
adjective #37,238

Meanings

  1. 1 fragrant
  2. 2 delicious-smelling
  3. 3 mouthwateringly aromatic (of food)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Chúfáng lǐ piāo chū pènxiāng de fàncài wèi.
The mouthwatering smell of food drifted out of the kitchen.
HSK 7-9
Gāng chūlú de miànbāo wén qǐlái pènxiāng.
The bread fresh from the oven smelled wonderfully fragrant.

Tips

usage
Note the tone: it's pèn (4th tone) here, not pēn - changes meaning depending on tone. 喷香 is mostly used predicatively or attributively for food and cooking smells: 喷香米饭 (deliciously fragrant rice), 香喷喷 (same meaning, reduplicated form). Slightly informal/folksy register, common in spoken Chinese and food writing.
memory
(to spurt / spray) + (fragrant) = a fragrance so strong it 'sprays out' at you. Picture steam billowing out of a hotpot - that explosion of aroma is 喷香.

Stroke Order

pēn
xiāng