效尤

Chinese

		effect; efficacy; imitate	to grudge, to blame
simp. and trad. (效尤)		效	尤

Etymology

《左傳·僖公二十四年》:

尤而效之，罪又甚焉。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad. and simp.]

From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

Yóu ér xiào zhī, zuì yòu shèn yān. [Pinyin]

That I should, having vented my disapproval of such conduct, follow their example — that would be the worse offence.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàoyóu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haau⁶ jau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hāu-iû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàoyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàoyóu
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-yu²
  - Yale: syàu-yóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawyou
  - Palladius: сяою (sjaoju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ joʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haau⁶ jau⁴
  - Yale: haauh yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haau⁶ jau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hao⁶ yeo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯²² jɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-iû
  - Tâi-lô: hāu-iû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hauxiuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hau²²⁻²¹ iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hau⁴¹⁻²² iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hau²²⁻²¹ iu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hau³³⁻¹¹ iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau³³⁻²¹ iu²³/

Verb

效尤

(literary) to mimic the wrongdoing of others; to follow and do the wrong thing; to follow a bad example
競相效尤／竞相效尤 ― jìngxiāng xiàoyóu ― to try to outdo each other in following a bad example

Synonyms

仿效 (fǎngxiào)
仿照 (fǎngzhào)
仿行 (fǎngxíng)
取法 (qǔfǎ)
宗法 (zōngfǎ)
師匠 / 师匠 (shījiàng) (literary)
師法 / 师法 (shīfǎ) (literary)
憲法 / 宪法 (xiànfǎ) (Classical Chinese)
憲章 / 宪章 (xiànzhāng) (Classical Chinese)
效仿 (xiàofǎng)
效法 (xiàofǎ)
模仿 (mófǎng)
模效 (móxiào)
步武 (bùwǔ) (literary)
法象 (fǎxiàng) (archaic)
視 / 视 (shì) (archaic)
範圍 / 范围 (fànwéi) (Classical Chinese)
觀象 / 观象 (guānxiàng) (literary)
遵法 (zūnfǎ) (literary)

Derived terms

以儆效尤 (yǐjǐngxiàoyóu)