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; plus	oil; sly
simp. and trad. (火上加油)		火	上	加	油

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǒshàngjiāyóu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² soeng⁵ gaa¹ jau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hóe-siāng-ka-iû / hé-siōng-ka-iû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huǒshàngjiāyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huuoshanqjiayou
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵ i̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fo² soeng⁵ gaa¹ jau⁴
  - Yale: fó séuhng gā yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fo² soeng⁵ gaa¹ jau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fo² sêng⁵ ga¹ yeo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ sœːŋ¹³ kɑː⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-siāng-ka-iû / hé-siōng-ka-iû
  - Tâi-lô: hué-siāng-ka-iû / hé-siōng-ka-iû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoefsiaxngka'iuu, hefsioxngka'iuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiaŋ²²⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/, /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiaŋ⁴¹⁻²² ka³³ iu²⁴/, /he⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² ka³³ iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiaŋ²²⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻²² iu¹³/, /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻²² iu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiaŋ³³⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/, /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiaŋ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/, /he⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/

Idiom

火上加油

to add fuel to the fire (to worsen a conflict)

Synonyms

火上澆油／火上浇油 (huǒshàngjiāoyóu)

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