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2024
joss_stick
joss stick
English
Joss sticks burning
Noun
joss
stick
(
plural
joss sticks
)
A kind of
incense
burned before a
Chinese
idol
.
Translations
kind of incense
Chinese:
Cantonese:
香
(
hoeng
1
)
Mandarin:
香
(zh)
(
xiāng
)
German:
Räucherstäbchen
(de)
n
Italian:
bastoncini di incenso
m
Malay:
colok
(ms)
Tagalog:
tanghas
Thai:
ธูป
(th)
(
tûup
)
Etymology
From
joss
(
“
Chinese idol
”
)
+
stick
.
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