甩鍋

Chinese

		fling	pot; pan; boiler
trad. (甩鍋)		甩	鍋
simp. (甩锅)		甩	锅
Literally: “to throw the pan”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǎiguō

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǎiguō
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuǎiguo
    • Wade–Giles: shuai³-kuo¹
    • Yale: shwǎi-gwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoaiguo
    • Palladius: шуайго (šuajgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯aɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ⁵⁵/

Verb

甩⫽鍋 (verb-object)

1. (neologism, figurative) to pass the buck; to shirk responsibility and shift the blame onto others

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 卸膊