以儆效尤

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	warn; admonish	to mimic the wrongdoing of others; to follow and do the wrong thing; to follow a bad example
trad. (以儆效尤)		以	儆	效尤
simp. #(以儆效尤)		以	儆	效尤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐjǐngxiàoyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ ging² haau⁶ jau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐjǐngxiàoyóu [Phonetic: yíjǐngxiàoyóu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐjǐngsiàoyóu
    • Wade–Giles: i³-ching³-hsiao⁴-yu²
    • Yale: yǐ-jǐng-syàu-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiijiingshiawyou
    • Palladius: ицзинсяою (iczinsjaoju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ ging² haau⁶ jau⁴
    • Yale: yíh gíng haauh yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ ging² haau⁶ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ ging² hao⁶ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ kɪŋ³⁵ haːu̯²² jɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

以儆效尤

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

See also

• 殺雞嚇猴／杀鸡吓猴 (shājīxiàhóu)
• 殺雞儆猴／杀鸡儆猴 (shājījǐnghóu)
• 殺一儆百／杀一儆百 (shāyījǐngbǎi)