斬狗教猴
Chinese
| behead; chop | dog | teach; teaching; religion | monkey | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (斬狗教猴) | 斬 | 狗 | 教 | 猴 | |
| simp. (斩狗教猴) | 斩 | 狗 | 教 | 猴 | |
| Literally: “to behead the dog to teach the monkey”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chám-kiéu-kau-hèu / chám-kiéu-kâu-hèu
- Hakka Romanization System: zamˋ gieuˋ gau heuˇ / zamˋ gieuˋ gauˊ heuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: zam3 gieu3 gau4 heu2 / zam3 gieu3 gau1 heu2
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sam³¹ ki̯eu̯³¹ kau̯⁵⁵ heu̯¹¹/, /t͡sam³¹ ki̯eu̯³¹ kau̯²⁴ heu̯¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chám-kiéu-kâu-hèu
- Hakka Romanization System: zamˋ gieuˋ gauˊ heuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: zam3 gieu3 gau1 heu2
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sam³¹ ki̯eu̯³¹ kau̯²⁴ heu̯¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: zam3 gêu3 gau1 hêu2
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sam³¹ keu³¹ kau⁴⁴⁻³⁵ heu¹¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
Idiom
斬狗教猴
- (Hakka) 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 |