殺雞儆猴

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	雞	儆	猴
simp. (杀鸡儆猴)		杀	鸡	儆	猴
variant forms		殺雞警猴／杀鸡警猴 殺雞驚猴／杀鸡惊猴
Literally: “kill [the] chicken [to] warn [the] monkey”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shājījǐnghóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄏㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ gai¹ ging² hau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shājījǐnghóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄏㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shajijiinghour
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂa̠⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: shājījǐnghóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄏㄡˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shajijiinghourl
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂa̠⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xɤʊɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saat³ gai¹ ging² hau⁴
    • Yale: saat gāi gíng hàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ gai¹ ging² hau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ gei¹ ging² heo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵ kɪŋ³⁵ hɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

殺雞儆猴

1. to make a public demonstration of punishing a wrongdoer in order to deter innocents who might mimic the example of the wrongdoer

Synonyms

• 殺雞嚇猴／杀鸡吓猴 (shājīxiàhóu)
• 殺雞駭猴／杀鸡骇猴
• 殺一儆百／杀一儆百 (shāyījǐngbǎi)
• (Min) 刣雞教猴／刣鸡教猴
• (Hakka) 殺狗教猴／杀狗教猴 (sat-kiéu-kâu-hèu), 斬狗教猴／斩狗教猴 (chám-kiéu-kâu-hèu)