加鹽加醋

Chinese

		to add; plus	salt	to add; plus	vinegar
trad. (加鹽加醋)		加	鹽	加	醋
simp. (加盐加醋)		加	盐	加	醋
Literally: “add salt, add vinegar”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ jim⁴ gaa¹ cou³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ jim⁴ gaa¹ cou³
    • Yale: gā yìhm gā chou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ jim⁴ gaa¹ tsou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ yim⁴ ga¹ cou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ jiːm²¹ kaː⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³³/

Idiom

加鹽加醋

1. (Cantonese, figurative) to add colour to (a narration); to exaggerate; to embellish

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 添油加醋 (“to add colour; to spice up; to embellish”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		添油加醋, 加油添醋, 加油加醋, 加油添醬, 添枝加葉, 添枝接葉, 有枝添葉
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	添油兒加醋, 有枝兒添葉兒
	Singapore	添油加醋
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	添油加醋
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	添油添鹽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	加油添醬, 加油添醋
Cantonese	Hong Kong	加鹽加醋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	加花添草
Southern Min	Xiamen	添枝加箬, 添跤添手, 生枝生箬
	Quanzhou	添跤添手
	Zhangzhou	添跤添手
	Tainan	添枝加箬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	添跤添手
	Jieyang	添湯落火, 添湯落汁
Wu	Shanghai	添油加醬
	Suzhou	添油加醬
	Hangzhou	添油添醋