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 soeng⁵ gaa¹ jau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hóe-siōng-ka-iû / hé-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 soeng⁵ gaa¹ jau⁴
    • Yale: fó séuhng gā yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² soeng⁵ gaa¹ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² sêng⁵ ga¹ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ sœːŋ¹³ kaː⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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: 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/
  • (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

• 火上澆油／火上浇油 (huǒshàngjiāoyóu)