殺雞儆猴
See also: 杀鸡儆猴
Chinese
| to kill; to murder; to slaughter | fowl; chicken | warn; admonish | monkey | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (殺雞儆猴/殺鷄儆猴) | 殺 | 雞/鷄 | 儆 | 猴 | |
| simp. (杀鸡儆猴) | 杀 | 鸡 | 儆 | 猴 | |
| alternative forms | 殺雞警猴／殺鷄警猴／杀鸡警猴 殺雞驚猴／殺鷄驚猴／杀鸡惊猴 | ||||
| Literally: “to kill the chicken to warn the monkey”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): shājījǐnghóu
- (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄏㄡˊ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): saat3 gai1 ging2 hau4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shājījǐnghóu
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄏㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shajijǐnghóu
- Wade–Giles: sha1-chi1-ching3-hou2
- Yale: shā-jī-jǐng-hóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shajijiinghour
- Palladius: шацзицзинхоу (šacziczinxou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shājījǐnghóur
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄏㄡˊㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shajijǐnghóur
- Wade–Giles: sha1-chi1-ching3-hou2-ʼrh
- Yale: shā-jī-jǐng-hóur
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shajijiinghourl
- Palladius: шацзицзинхоур (šacziczinxour)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: saat3 gai1 ging2 hau4
- Yale: saat gāi gíng hàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: saat8 gai1 ging2 hau4
- Guangdong Romanization: sad3 gei1 ging2 heo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /saːt̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵ kɪŋ³⁵ hɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
殺雞儆猴
- (figurative) 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 |
Descendants
- → Vietnamese: giết gà doạ khỉ (calque)
See also
- 以儆效尤 (yǐjǐngxiàoyóu)