背鍋

Chinese

		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	pot; pan; boiler
trad. (背鍋)		背	鍋
simp. (背锅)		背	锅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēiguō

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ ㄍㄨㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēiguō
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ ㄍㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: beiguo
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹-kuo¹
    • Yale: bēi-gwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beiguo
    • Palladius: бэйго (bɛjgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵⁵/

Verb

背⫽鍋 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (neologism, slang) Short for 背黑鍋／背黑锅 (bēi hēiguō).

   這個鍋我不背！／这个锅我不背！  ―  Zhè ge guō wǒ bù bèi!  ―  I won't take the blame!

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 背黑鍋 (“to take the blame; to be a scapegoat”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		背黑鍋
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	背黑鍋, 背鍋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	孭鑊
	Hong Kong	孭鑊, 食死貓
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	孭鑊
	Macau	孭鑊
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	孭鑊
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	坐矮凳
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	黑狗偷食，白狗當衰
	Foshan	孭鑊
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	孭鑊
	Foshan (Shunde)	孭鑊
	Foshan (Sanshui)	孭鑊
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	孭鑊
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	孭鑊
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	孭死貓
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	吃死貓
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	食死貓
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	吃死貓
	Taishan	孭死貓
	Kaiping (Chikan)	孭死貓
	Enping (Niujiang)	吃死雞
	Heshan (Yayao)	抵罪
	Dongguan	頂死笠
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	孭鑊
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	孭鑊
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	孭鑊
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	烏狗食屎，白狗擔當
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	孭鑊
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	孭死獁兒
Xiang	Changsha	背冤枉

Derived terms

• 背鍋俠／背锅侠 (bēiguōxiá)