背債

Chinese

		learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder	debt
trad. (背債/揹債)		背/揹	債
simp. (背债)		背	债

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bēizhài

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟㄓㄞˋ
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pà-chai

(Hailu, HRS): ba zai^ˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bēizhài
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟㄓㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: beijhài
  - Wade–Giles: pei¹-chai⁴
  - Yale: bēi-jài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beijay
  - Palladius: бэйчжай (bɛjčžaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pà-chai
  - Hakka Romanization System: ba^ˇ zai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ba² zai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pa¹¹ t͡sai̯⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ba zai^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /pa⁵⁵ t͡sai¹¹/

Verb

背⫽債 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to be in debt; to be saddled with debts
- 2009, “爱情买卖”, performed by 慕容晓晓:
  
  出卖我的爱　你背了良心债 [MSC, simp.]
  出賣我的愛　你背了良心債 [MSC, trad.]
  chūmài wǒ de ài, nǐ bēi le liángxīn zhài [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

欠債／欠债 (qiànzhài)

References

“Entry #2695”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.