篤背脊

See also: 笃背脊

Chinese

		to poke; to prod	back; rear; behind
trad. (篤背脊)		篤	背脊
simp. (笃背脊)		笃	背脊
alternative forms		督背脊 𢽴背脊 擉背脊
Literally: “poke someone's back”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk¹ bui³ zek³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk¹ bui³ zek³
    • Yale: dūk bui jek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁷ bui³ dzek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug¹ bui³ zég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚⁵ puːi̯³³ t͡sɛːk̚³/

Verb

篤⫽背脊 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, idiomatic) to backstab; to tell on; to tattle

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 報串／报串, 篤灰／笃灰
• 打小報告／打小报告 (dǎ xiǎobàogào)

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]