火上澆油

See also: 火上浇油

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 water	oil; sly
trad. (火上澆油)		火	上	澆	油
simp. (火上浇油)		火	上	浇	油

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒshàngjiāoyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² soeng⁶ hiu¹ jau⁴, fo² soeng⁶ giu¹ jau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒshàngjiāoyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒshàngjiaoyóu
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-shang⁴-chiao¹-yu²
    • Yale: hwǒ-shàng-jyāu-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huooshanqjiauyou
    • Palladius: хошанцзяою (xošanczjaoju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² soeng⁶ hiu¹ jau⁴, fo² soeng⁶ giu¹ jau⁴
    • Yale: fó seuhng hīu yàuh, fó seuhng gīu yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² soeng⁶ hiu¹ jau⁴, fo² soeng⁶ giu¹ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² sêng⁶ hiu¹ yeo⁴, fo² sêng⁶ giu¹ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ sœːŋ²² hiːu̯⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/, /fɔː³⁵ sœːŋ²² kiːu̯⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

火上澆油

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
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
Xiang	Loudi	火上加油

References

• 火上澆油 in MDBG Chinese Dictionary
• “Entry #84388”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.