殺一儆百

See also: 杀一儆百

Chinese

		to kill; to murder; to slaughter	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	warn; admonish	hundred
trad. (殺一儆百)		殺	一	儆	百
simp. (杀一儆百)		杀	一	儆	百
alternative forms		殺一警百／杀一警百
Literally: “kill one, warn hundred”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāyījǐngbǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄧ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ jat¹ ging² baak³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāyījǐngbǎi [Phonetic: shāyījíngbǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄧ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shayijǐngbǎi
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-i¹-ching³-pai³
    • Yale: shā-yī-jǐng-bǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaijiingbae
    • Palladius: шаицзинбай (šaiczinbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ i⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saat³ jat¹ ging² baak³
    • Yale: saat yāt gíng baak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ jat⁷ ging² baak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ yed¹ ging² bag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ jɐt̚⁵ kɪŋ³⁵ paːk̚³/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 殺一儆百

1. to warn by example

Synonyms

• 殺雞儆猴／杀鸡儆猴 (shājījǐnghóu)
• 殺雞駭猴／杀鸡骇猴 (shājīhàihóu)
• 殺雞嚇猴／杀鸡吓猴 (shājīxiàhóu)
• (Min Nan) 刣雞教猴／刣鸡教猴