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
trad. (雪上加霜)	雪	上	加	霜
simp. ^#(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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soat-siōng-ka-song / soat-siāng-ka-song

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuěshàngjiāshuāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚㄕㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuěshàngjiashuang
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-shang⁴-chia¹-shuang¹
  - Yale: sywě-shàng-jyā-shwāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheueshanqjiashuang
  - Palladius: сюэшанцзяшуан (sjuešanczjašuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - 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): /syːt̚³ sœːŋ²² kaː⁵⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siet-song-kâ-sông
  - Hakka Romanization System: xied^ˋ song ga^ˊ song^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiad⁵ song⁴ ga¹ song¹
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯et̚² soŋ⁵⁵ ka²⁴⁻¹¹ soŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-siōng-ka-song
  - Tâi-lô: suat-siōng-ka-song
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soatsioxngkasofng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ 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 siaŋ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ siaŋ³³⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

雪上加霜

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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (雪上加霜):

→ Korean: 설상가상(雪上加霜) (seolsanggasang)

Korean

Hanja in this term
雪	上	加	霜

Noun

雪上加霜 • (seolsanggasang) (hangeul 설상가상)

hanja form^? of 설상가상 (“making a bad situation worse”)