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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuěshàngjiāshuāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚㄕㄨㄤ
  - 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

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

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