梟首示眾

See also: 枭首示众

Chinese

		to decapitate and display the head in public as a deterrent	to publicly expose; to put before the public
trad. (梟首示眾/梟首示衆)		梟首	示眾/示衆
simp. (枭首示众)		枭首	示众

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāoshǒu shìzhòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄕㄡˇ ㄕˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu¹ sau² si⁶ zung³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāoshǒu shìzhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄕㄡˇ ㄕˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaoshǒu shìhjhòng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-shou³ shih⁴-chung⁴
    • Yale: syāu-shǒu shr̀-jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaushoou shyhjonq
    • Palladius: сяошоу шичжун (sjaošou šičžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hiu¹ sau² si⁶ zung³
    • Yale: hīu sáu sih jung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hiu¹ sau² si⁶ dzung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hiu¹ seo² xi⁶ zung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːu̯⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ siː²² t͡sʊŋ³³/

Idiom

梟首示眾

1. to behead somebody and display the head in public; to cut of a person's head and hang it up as a warning to all