背黑鍋

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	black wok; blame for a crime
trad. (背黑鍋/揹黑鍋)		背/揹	黑鍋
simp. (背黑锅)		背	黑锅
Literally: “to carry the black wok on one's back”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēi hēiguō

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ ㄏㄟ ㄍㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bui³ hak¹ wo¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēi hēiguō
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ ㄏㄟ ㄍㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bei heiguo
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹ hei¹-kuo¹
    • Yale: bēi hēi-gwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bei heiguo
    • Palladius: бэй хэйго (bɛj xɛjgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ xeɪ̯⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bui³ hak¹ wo¹
    • Yale: bui hāk wō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bui³ hak⁷ wo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bui³ heg¹ wo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯³³ hɐk̚⁵ wɔː⁵⁵/

Verb

背⫽黑鍋 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (figurative) to take the blame (for someone else); to be a scapegoat

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