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／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)⁺
    • 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/
• 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/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 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 (shājīhàihóu)
• 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)