孭鑊

Chinese

			boiler or cauldron
trad. (孭鑊)		孭	鑊
simp. (孭镬)		孭	镬

(This form in the hanzi box is uncreated: "孭镬".)

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

1. (Cantonese, idiomatic) to take the blame (for someone else); to be a scapegoat

Synonyms

• 背黑鍋／背黑锅 (bēi hēiguō)
• (Cantonese) 食死貓／食死猫, 祭旗 (jìqí)