墊背

Chinese

		pad; cushion; mat	learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder
trad. (墊背)		墊	背
simp. (垫背)		垫	背

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diànbèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin³ bui³
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dienn⁵ bei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diànbèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diànbèi
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-pei⁴
    • Yale: dyàn-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannbey
    • Palladius: дяньбэй (djanʹbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zin³ bui³
    • Yale: jin bui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin³ bui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin³ bui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³³ puːi̯³³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: dienn⁵ bei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ pe̞i̯⁴⁵/

Verb

墊背

1. funerary mat, fig. to serve as scape-goat, to act as fall guy for sb else's misdemeanors