厝火積薪

Chinese

		to place	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	to amass; to accumulate; to store to amass; to accumulate; to store; old; long-standing	firewood
trad. (厝火積薪)		厝	火	積	薪
simp. (厝火积薪)		厝	火	积	薪
Literally: “to put a fire under a pile of firewood”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuòhuǒjīxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou³ fo² zik¹ san¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuòhuǒjīxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuòhuǒjisin
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻo⁴-huo³-chi¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: tswò-hwǒ-jī-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuohhuoojishin
    • Palladius: цохоцзисинь (coxoczisinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou³ fo² zik¹ san¹
    • Yale: chou fó jīk sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou³ fo² dzik⁷ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou³ fo² jig¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³³ fɔː³⁵ t͡sɪk̚⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

厝火積薪

1. (figurative) hidden danger