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): ㄕㄚㄐㄧㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄏㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ gai¹ ging² hau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shājījǐnghóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄐㄧㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄏㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shajijiinghour
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂa̠⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: shājījǐnghóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄐㄧㄐㄧㄥˇ 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

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)

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