雪上加霜

雪上加霜

Chinese

		snow	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; plus	frost
simp. and trad. (雪上加霜)		雪	上	加	霜
Literally: “to add frost on top of snow”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuěshàngjiāshuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄕㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ soeng⁶ gaa¹ soeng¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siet-song-kâ-sông
• Min Nan (POJ): soat-siōng-ka-song / soat-siāng-ka-song

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xuěshàngjiāshuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄕㄨㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheueshanqjiashuang
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuěshàngjiashuang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕɥɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕjä⁵⁵ ʂwɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ soeng⁶ gaa¹ soeng¹
    • Yale: syut seuhng gā sēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ soeng⁶ gaa¹ soeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ sêng⁶ ga¹ sêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʃyːt̚³ sœ̽ːŋ²² käː⁵⁵ sœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siet-song-kâ-sông
    • Hakka Romanization System: xied` song ga´ song´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiad⁵ song⁴ ga¹ song¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕi̯et̚² soŋ⁵⁵ ka²⁴⁻¹¹ soŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-siōng-ka-song
    • Tâi-lô: suat-siōng-ka-song
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soatsioxngkasofng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-siāng-ka-song
    • Tâi-lô: suat-siāng-ka-song
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soatsiaxngkasofng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiaŋ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiaŋ³³⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

雪上加霜

1. (figuratively) to make a bad situation worse; to add insult to injury; to rub salt in the wound