甩鍋

Chinese

		fling	pot; pan; boiler
trad. (甩鍋)		甩	鍋
simp. (甩锅)		甩	锅
Literally: “to throw the pan”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǎiguō

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄛ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǎiguō
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuǎiguo
  - Wade–Giles: shuai³-kuo¹
  - Yale: shwǎi-gwō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoaiguo
  - Palladius: шуайго (šuajgo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯aɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ⁵⁵/

Verb

甩⫽鍋 (verb-object)

(neologism, figurative) to pass the buck; to shirk responsibility and shift the blame onto others

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 卸膊

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