喷香

噴香
pènxiāng
adjective #37,238

Meanings

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

Examples

Chúfáng lǐ piāo chū pènxiāng de fàncài wèi.
The mouthwatering smell of food drifted out of the kitchen.
Gāng chū lú 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 (xiāngpēnpēn — same meaning, reduplicated AAB form, 5th-tone reading). 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