食死貓

See also: 食死猫

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	cat
trad. (食死貓)		食	死	貓
simp. (食死猫)		食	死	猫
Literally: “to eat a dead cat”.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ sei² maau¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ sei² maau¹
    • Yale: sihk séi māau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ sei² maau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ séi² mao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² sei̯³⁵ maːu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

食⫽死貓 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to be made a scapegoat; to be unjustly blamed

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