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”. | ||||
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
食⫽死貓 (verb-object)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |