火上加油

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	to add fuel; to oil; to lubricate to add fuel; to oil; to lubricate; to refuel
trad. (火上加油)		火	上	加油
simp. #(火上加油)		火	上	加油

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒshàngjiāyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² soeng⁶ gaa¹ jau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hé-siōng-ka-iû / hóe-siōng-ka-iû / hóe-siāng-ka-iû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒshàngjiāyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒshàngjiayóu
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-shang⁴-chia¹-yu²
    • Yale: hwǒ-shàng-jyā-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huooshanqjiayou
    • Palladius: хошанцзяю (xošanczjaju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² soeng⁶ gaa¹ jau⁴
    • Yale: fó seuhng gā yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² soeng⁶ gaa¹ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² sêng⁶ ga¹ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ sœːŋ²² kaː⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-siōng-ka-iû
    • Tâi-lô: hé-siōng-ka-iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hefsioxngka'iuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-siōng-ka-iû
    • Tâi-lô: hué-siōng-ka-iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefsioxngka'iuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-siāng-ka-iû
    • Tâi-lô: hué-siāng-ka-iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefsiaxngka'iuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/

Idiom

火上加油

1. to add fuel to the fire (to worsen a conflict)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 火上加油 (“to add fuel to the fire”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		火上加油, 火上澆油
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	火上加油
	Harbin	加鋼兒
	Malaysia	火上加油
	Singapore	火上加油
Cantonese	Hong Kong	火上加油
Gan	Pingxiang	加櫼
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	火缽添油
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	火缽添油
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	火缽添油
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	火缽添油
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	火缽添油
Southern Min	Xiamen	火上加油
Puxian Min	Putian	灶焰添柴
	Xianyou	灶焰添柴
Xiang	Loudi	火上加油