拱火

Chinese

		fold hands in salute; to arch	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (拱火)		拱	火
simp. #(拱火)		拱	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒnghuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒnghuǒ [Phonetic: gónghuǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒnghuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: kung³-huo³
    • Yale: gǔng-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goonghuoo
    • Palladius: гунхо (gunxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒnghuǒr [Phonetic: gónghuǒr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒnghuǒr
    • Wade–Giles: kung³-huo³-ʼrh
    • Yale: gǔng-hwǒr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goonghuool
    • Palladius: гунхор (gunxor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

拱⫽火 (verb-object)

1. (dialectal, figurative) to add firewood to the bonfire, trying to fuel one's anger or to deteriorate the situation

Synonyms

• 火上澆油／火上浇油 (huǒshàngjiāoyóu)