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): ㄔㄨㄛㄐㄧˇ ˙ㄌㄧㄤㄍㄨˇ, ㄔㄨㄛㄐㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨˇ, ㄔㄨㄛㄐㄧˊ ˙ㄋㄧㄤㄍㄨˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chuō jǐlianggǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄛㄐㄧˇ ˙ㄌㄧㄤㄍㄨˇ
  - 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: ㄔㄨㄛㄐㄧˇ 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: ㄔㄨㄛㄐㄧˊ ˙ㄋㄧㄤㄍㄨˇ
  - 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)

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

Synonyms

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

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
Cantonese	Hong Kong	篤背脊

See also

指指點點／指指点点 (zhǐzhǐdiǎndiǎn)