背刺

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	thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder
trad. (背刺)		背	刺
simp. #(背刺)		背	刺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèicì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄘˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèicì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄘˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèicìh
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁴-tzʻŭ⁴
    • Yale: bèi-tsz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beytsyh
    • Palladius: бэйцы (bɛjcy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/

Verb

背刺

1. (literally) to stab someone's back

   • 情緒失控背刺殺害無辜機車騎士。 [MSC, trad.]
     情绪失控背刺杀害无辜机车骑士。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2021 May 26, 黃捷, 新店隨機殺人背刺無辜騎士 兇手一審判死刑

     Qíngxù shīkòng bèicì shāhài wúgū jīchē qíshì. [Pinyin]

     Murders an innocent motorbike driver by stabbing his back when losing control.

2. (figurative) to launch a surprise attack

   • 阿里巴巴涉嫌壟斷胡錫進坦言「真有此事」背刺馬雲 [MSC, trad.]
     阿里巴巴涉嫌垄断胡锡进坦言「真有此事」背刺马云 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2020 Dec 26, 黃奕慈, 阿里巴巴涉嫌壟斷 胡錫進坦言「真有此事」背刺馬雲

     Ālǐbābā shèxián lǒngduàn Hú Xījìn tǎnyán “zhēn yǒu cǐ shì” bèicì Mǎ Yún [Pinyin]

     Alibaba was suspected of monopoly, and Hu Xijin surprise attacks Jack Ma by confessing it.

3. (figurative) to betray

   • 基進黨從來不背刺不收割 [MSC, trad.]
     基进党从来不背刺不收割 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2020 Jul 30, 黨一馨, 徐永明批民進黨吃小黨豆腐…　網友罵翻：基進從不背刺堅持護台，「你們呢？」

     Jījìndǎng cónglái bù bèicì bù shōugē [Pinyin]

     The Taiwan Statebuilding Party never betraying or taking adventage