灶焰添柴
Chinese
| kitchen stove | flame | to add; to increase; to replenish | firewood | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (灶焰添柴) | 灶 | 焰 | 添 | 柴 | |
| simp. #(灶焰添柴) | 灶 | 焰 | 添 | 柴 | |
Pronunciation
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zao4 ieng5 ting1 cor2
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zao4 ieng5 ting1 cor2 [Phonetic: zao4 ieng5 ting5 cor2]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ca̍u-iāng-ting-chó̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sau⁴² iɛŋ¹¹ tʰiŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɒ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zao4 ieng5 ting1 cor2 [Phonetic: zao4 ieng5 ting5 cor2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sau⁴² iɛŋ²¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɒ²⁴/
- (Putian)
Idiom
灶焰添柴
- (Puxian Min, figurative) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 火上加油, 火上澆油 | |
| Northeastern 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 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 灶焰添柴 |
| Xianyou | 灶焰添柴 | |
| Xiang | Loudi | 火上加油 |
Antonyms
- 排難解紛／排难解纷
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “灶焰添柴”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 569.