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 increase fuel; to oil; to lubricate to increase 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 ㄐㄧㄚㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² soeng⁶ gaa¹ jau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hé-siōng-ka-iû / hóe-siōng-ka-iû / hóe-siāng-ka-iû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǒshàngjiāyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǒshàngjiayóu
  - Wade–Giles: huo³-shang⁴-chia¹-yu²
  - Yale: hwǒ-shàng-jyā-yóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huooshanqjiayou
  - Palladius: хошанцзяю (xošanczjaju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕjä⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fo² soeng⁶ gaa¹ jau⁴
  - Yale: fó seuhng gā yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fo² soeng⁶ gaa¹ jau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fo² sêng⁶ ga¹ yeo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ sœːŋ²² kaː⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-siōng-ka-iû
  - Tâi-lô: hé-siōng-ka-iû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hefsioxngka'iuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-siōng-ka-iû
  - Tâi-lô: hué-siōng-ka-iû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoefsioxngka'iuu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/
- (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 ɕiaŋ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/

Idiom

火上加油

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
Min Nan	Xiamen	火上加油
Xiang	Loudi	火上加油