錦上添花

Chinese

	brocade; embroidered work; bright	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; to increase; to replenish	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (錦上添花)	錦	上	添	花
simp. (锦上添花)	锦	上	添	花
Literally: “to add flowers to the brocade”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jǐnshàngtiānhuā

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² soeng⁶ tim¹ faa¹
Min Nan (POJ): gím-siōng-thiām-hoa / kím-siōng-thiam-hoa / gím-siōng-thiⁿ-hoe / gím-siāng-thiⁿ-hoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jǐnshàngtiānhuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄏㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiinshanqtianhua
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam² soeng⁶ tim¹ faa¹
  - Yale: gám seuhng tīm fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam² soeng⁶ tim¹ faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem² sêng⁶ tim¹ fa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ sœ̽ːŋ²² tʰiːm⁵⁵ fäː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gím-siōng-thiām-hoa
  - Tâi-lô: gím-siōng-thiām-hua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gymsioxngtiaxmhoaf
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰiam³³⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tʰiam²²⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰiam³³⁻¹¹ hua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kím-siōng-thiam-hoa
  - Tâi-lô: kím-siōng-thiam-hua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kymsioxngtiamhoaf
  - IPA (Taipei): /kim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gím-siōng-thiⁿ-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: gím-siōng-thinn-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gymsioxngtvi'hoef
  - IPA (Taipei): /gim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gím-siāng-thiⁿ-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: gím-siāng-thinn-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gymsiaxngtvi'hoef
  - IPA (Taipei): /gim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiaŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiaŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /kˠiɪm^X d͡ʑɨɐŋ^H tʰem hˠua/▼

Rime
Character	錦	上	添	花
Reading #	1/1	2/2	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	常 (25)	透 (6)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	陽 (105)	添 (157)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	Chongniu III	III	IV	II
Fanqie	居飲切	時亮切	他兼切	呼瓜切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪm^X/	/d͡ʑɨɐŋ^H/	/tʰem/	/hˠua/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚim^X/	/d͡ʑiɐŋ^H/	/tʰem/	/hʷᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/kiem^X/	/d͡ʑiɑŋ^H/	/tʰɛm/	/xua/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjim^X/	/d͡ʑɨaŋ^H/	/tʰɛm/	/hwaɨ/
Li Rong	/kjəm^X/	/ʑiaŋ^H/	/tʰem/	/xua/
Wang Li	/kĭĕm^X/	/ʑĭaŋ^H/	/tʰiem/	/xwa/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯əm^X/	/ʑi̯aŋ^H/	/tʰiem/	/xwa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǐn	shàng	tiān	huā

Idiom

錦上添花

to make perfection still more perfect
- 對於他們，第一步需要還不是「錦上添花」，而是「雪中送炭」。 [MSC, trad.]
  对于他们，第一步需要还不是“锦上添花”，而是“雪中送炭”。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 毛澤東選集 (1991). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Duìyú tāmen, dì yī bù xūyào hái bùshì “jǐnshàngtiānhuā”, érshì “xuězhōngsòngtàn”. [Pinyin]
  For them the prime need is not “more flowers on the brocade” but “fuel in snowy weather”.

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