| 诿 | |||
| pass buck, lay blame on others | |||
| Radical | 言訁讠𧥛𧥜 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 8 | Total Strokes | 10 |
| Mandarin reading | weǐ | Cantonese reading | wai2 |
| Japanese on reading | Japanese kun reading | ||
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Traditional Variant(s) | 諉 | pass buck, lay blame on others | |
| 诿 | [ weǐ ] to shirk, to give excuses |
| 诿过 | [ weǐ guò ] to put the blame on sb else |
| ⇒ 互相推诿 | [ hù xiāng tuī weǐ ] mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other, passing the buck to and fro, each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other |
| ⇒ 推诿 | [ tuī weǐ ] to shirk responsibility, to blame others, to pass the buck |