灶焰添柴

Chinese

		kitchen stove	flame	to add; to increase; to replenish	firewood
trad. (灶焰添柴)		灶	焰	添	柴
simp. #(灶焰添柴)		灶	焰	添	柴

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zao⁴ ieng⁵ ting¹ cor²

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zao⁴ ieng⁵ ting¹ cor² [Phonetic: zao⁴ ieng⁵ ting⁵ cor²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sau⁴² iɛŋ²¹ tʰiŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰɒ¹³/

Idiom

灶焰添柴

1. (Puxian Min, figurative) 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

Antonyms

• 排難解紛／排难解纷

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “灶焰添柴”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 569.