戳脊樑骨

Chinese

		poke; pierce; prick poke; pierce; prick; wooden or rubber stamp or seal	spine; vertebra; backbone spine; vertebra; backbone; backbone; courage; ambition
trad. (戳脊樑骨/戳脊梁骨)		戳	脊樑骨/脊梁骨
simp. (戳脊梁骨)		戳	脊梁骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuō jǐlianggǔ, chuō jǐliánggǔ, chuō jínianggǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄛ ㄐㄧˇ ˙ㄌㄧㄤ ㄍㄨˇ, ㄔㄨㄛ ㄐㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨˇ, ㄔㄨㄛ ㄐㄧˊ ˙ㄋㄧㄤ ㄍㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuō jǐlianggǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄛ ㄐㄧˇ ˙ㄌㄧㄤ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuo jǐliånggǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻo¹ chi³-liang⁵-ku³
    • Yale: chwō jǐ-lyang-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuo jii.liangguu
    • Palladius: чо цзилянгу (čo cziljangu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴ li̯ɑŋ⁴ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuō jǐliánggǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄛ ㄐㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuo jǐliánggǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻo¹ chi³-liang²-ku³
    • Yale: chwō jǐ-lyáng-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuo jiiliangguu
    • Palladius: чо цзилянгу (čo cziljangu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuō jínianggǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄛ ㄐㄧˊ ˙ㄋㄧㄤ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuo jíniånggǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻo¹ chi²-niang⁵-ku³
    • Yale: chwō jí-nyang-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuo jyi.niangguu
    • Palladius: чо цзинянгу (čo czinjangu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

戳⫽脊樑骨 (verb-object)

1. (idiomatic) to speak ill of someone behind their back; to backbite

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		戳脊樑骨, 戳脊背
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	戳脊樑骨, 戳脊樑骨兒, 指脊樑骨兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	篤背脊
	Hong Kong	篤背脊

Dialectal synonyms of 戳脊樑骨 (“to speak ill of someone behind their back; to backbite; to backstab”) [map]

See also

• 指指點點／指指点点 (zhǐzhǐdiǎndiǎn)