"火上加油" meaning in Chinese

See 火上加油 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /fɔː³⁵ sœːŋ²² kaː⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, IPA, Taipei], /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, IPA], /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung], /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwan, variant, IPA, Kaohsiung]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 火上加油
  1. to add fuel to the fire (to worsen a conflict) Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 火上澆油 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 加鋼兒 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Harbin], 加櫼 [Gan, Pingxiang], 火缽添油 [Hakka, Miaoli], 火缽添油 [Hakka, Zhudong, Hailu], 火缽添油 [Hakka, Taichung, Dongshi, Dabu], 火缽添油 [Hakka, Qionglin, Raoping], 火缽添油 [Hakka, Yunlin, Lunbei, Zhao'an], 灶焰添柴, 灶焰添柴
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            "Hakka",
            "Miaoli"
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            "Puxian Min",
            "Putian"
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          "word": "灶焰添柴"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄧㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
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      "zh_pron": "hé-siōng-ka-iû"
    },
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        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
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    },
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hóe-siāng-ka-iû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huǒshàngjiāyóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄧㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huǒshàngjiayóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huo³-shang⁴-chia¹-yu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hwǒ-shàng-jyā-yóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huooshanqjiayou"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xošanczjaju",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "хошанцзяю"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fo² soeng⁶ gaa¹ jau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fó seuhng gā yàuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fo² soeng⁶ gaa¹ jau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fo² sêng⁶ ga¹ yeo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔː³⁵ sœːŋ²² kaː⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hé-siōng-ka-iû"
    },
    {
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        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hé-siōng-ka-iû"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hefsioxngka'iuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hóe-siōng-ka-iû"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hué-siōng-ka-iû"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hoefsioxngka'iuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hóe-siāng-ka-iû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hué-siāng-ka-iû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hoefsiaxngka'iuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "火上加油"
}
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        "Chinese idioms",
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        "to add fuel to the fire (to worsen a conflict)"
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      "zh_pron": "huǒshàngjiāyóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄧㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fo² soeng⁶ gaa¹ jau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hé-siōng-ka-iû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hóe-siōng-ka-iû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hóe-siāng-ka-iû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huǒshàngjiāyóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄧㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huǒshàngjiayóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huo³-shang⁴-chia¹-yu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hwǒ-shàng-jyā-yóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huooshanqjiayou"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xošanczjaju",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "хошанцзяю"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fo² soeng⁶ gaa¹ jau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fó seuhng gā yàuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fo² soeng⁶ gaa¹ jau⁴"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fo² sêng⁶ ga¹ yeo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔː³⁵ sœːŋ²² kaː⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/",
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hé-siōng-ka-iû"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hé-siōng-ka-iû"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hefsioxngka'iuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hóe-siōng-ka-iû"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hué-siōng-ka-iû"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hoefsioxngka'iuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hóe-siāng-ka-iû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hué-siāng-ka-iû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hoefsiaxngka'iuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "火上澆油"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Harbin"
      ],
      "word": "加鋼兒"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Pingxiang"
      ],
      "word": "加櫼"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "N. Sixian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli"
      ],
      "word": "火缽添油"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hsinchu County"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hailu"
      ],
      "word": "火缽添油"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Taichung",
        "Dongshi",
        "Dabu"
      ],
      "word": "火缽添油"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hsinchu County"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Qionglin",
        "Raoping"
      ],
      "word": "火缽添油"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Yunlin",
        "Lunbei",
        "Zhao'an"
      ],
      "word": "火缽添油"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Puxian Min",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "word": "灶焰添柴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Puxian Min",
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "word": "灶焰添柴"
    }
  ],
  "word": "火上加油"
}

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