孭鑊

Chinese

		(Cantonese) to carry the responsibility	(Cantonese) problem; trouble; blame
trad. (孭鑊)		孭	鑊
simp. (𱙷镬)		𱙷	镬

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): me¹ wok⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: me¹ wok⁶
    • Yale: mē wohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: me¹ wok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mé¹ wog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛː⁵⁵ wɔːk̚²/

Verb

孭⫽鑊 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, idiomatic) 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
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)	孭鑊
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
	Conghua (Lütian)	烏狗食屎，白狗擔當
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	孭鑊
	Sanxiang	孭死獁兒
Xiang	Changsha	背冤枉

Related terms

• (Cantonese) 孭飛／𱙷飞