添油加醋

Chinese

		to add; to increase; to replenish	oil; sly	to add; plus	vinegar
trad. (添油加醋)		添	油	加	醋
simp. #(添油加醋)		添	油	加	醋
Literally: “to add oil and vinegar”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānyóujiācù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄘㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānyóujiācù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄘㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianyóujiacù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-yu²-chia¹-tsʻu⁴
    • Yale: tyān-yóu-jyā-tsù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianyoujiatsuh
    • Palladius: тяньюцзяцу (tjanʹjuczjacu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sʰu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānyóurjiācù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄡˊㄦ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄘㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianyóurjiacù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-yu²-ʼrh-chia¹-tsʻu⁴
    • Yale: tyān-yóur-jyā-tsù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianyouljiatsuh
    • Palladius: тяньюрцзяцу (tjanʹjurczjacu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sʰu⁵¹/

Idiom

添油加醋

1. (figurative) to add color and emphasis to (a narration); to exaggerate

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 添油加醋 (“to add colour; to spice up; to embellish”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		添油加醋, 加油添醋, 加油加醋, 加油添醬, 添枝加葉, 添枝接葉, 有枝添葉
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	添油兒加醋, 有枝兒添葉兒
	Singapore	添油加醋
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	添油加醋
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	添油添鹽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	加油添醬, 加油添醋
Cantonese	Hong Kong	加鹽加醋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	加花添草
Southern Min	Xiamen	添枝加箬, 添跤添手, 生枝生箬
	Quanzhou	添跤添手
	Zhangzhou	添跤添手
	Tainan	添枝加箬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	添跤添手
	Jieyang	添湯落火, 添湯落汁
Wu	Shanghai	添油加醬
	Suzhou	添油加醬
	Hangzhou	添油添醋