刣雞教猴
See also: 刣鸡教猴
Chinese
| fowl; chicken | teach; teaching; religion | monkey | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (刣雞教猴/刣鷄教猴/刣雞敎猴/刣鷄敎猴) | 刣 | 雞/鷄 | 教/敎 | 猴 | |
| simp. (刣鸡教猴) | 刣 | 鸡 | 教 | 猴 | |
Pronunciation
- Eastern Min (BUC): tài-*giĕ-*gá-*gàu
- Southern Min
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâi-koe-kà-kâu
- Tâi-lô: thâi-kue-kà-kâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: tai'koe'karkaau
- IPA (Singapore): /tʰai²⁴⁻²¹ kue⁴⁴⁻²² ka²¹⁻⁴² kau²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰai²⁴⁻¹¹ kue⁴⁴⁻³³ ka¹¹⁻⁵³ kau²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tʰai²⁴⁻²² kue³³ ka⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kau²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴⁻²² ka²¹⁻⁵³ kau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâi-ke-kà-kâu
- Tâi-lô: thâi-ke-kà-kâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: tai'ke'karkaau
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai¹³⁻²² ke⁴⁴⁻²² ka²¹⁻⁵³ kau¹³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²³⁻³³ ke⁴⁴⁻³³ ka²¹⁻⁴¹ kau²³/
- IPA (Singapore): /tʰai²⁴⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴⁻²² ka²¹⁻⁴² kau²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: tai5 goi1 ga3 gao5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâi koi kà kâu
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ koi³³⁻²³ ka²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kau⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Singapore)
Idiom
刣雞教猴
- (Min) to make a public demonstration of punishing a wrongdoer in order to deter innocents who might mimic the example of the wrongdoer
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 殺雞嚇猴 (“to punish a wrongdoer as a warning for others”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 殺雞嚇猴, 殺雞駭猴, 殺雞儆猴, 殺雞給猴看, 殺一儆百 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 殺雞儆猴, 殺一儆百 |
| Singapore | 殺雞儆猴 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 打兒騾子馬驚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 殺雞儆猴, 殺一儆百 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 斬狗教猴 |
| Yudu | 殺雞教猴 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 殺狗教猴, 斬狗教猴 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 殺狗教猴, 斬狗教猴 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 殺狗教猴, 斬狗教猴 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 殺狗教猴, 打狗教猴, 斬狗教猴 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 殺狗教猴, 㓾狗教猴, 斬狗教猴 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 㓾狗教猴, 斬狗教猴 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 刣雞教猴 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 刣雞教猴 |
| Quanzhou | 刣雞教猴 | |
| Jinjiang | 刣雞教猴 | |
| Zhangzhou | 刣雞教猴 | |
| Tainan | 刣雞教猴 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 刣雞教猴 | |
| Jieyang | 刣雞教猴 | |
| Haifeng | 刣貓教猴 | |
| Leizhou | 刣狗猻乞猿望 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 刣雞教猴 |
Further reading
- “刣雞教猴”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.