殺狗教猴
Chinese
[edit]| to kill; to murder; to slaughter | dog | teach; teaching; religion | monkey | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (殺狗教猴) | 殺 | 狗 | 教 | 猴 | |
| simp. (杀狗教猴) | 杀 | 狗 | 教 | 猴 | |
| Literally: “to kill a dog to teach the monkey”. | |||||
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sat-kiéu-kâu-hèu
- Hakka Romanization System: sadˋ gieuˋ gauˊ heuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sad5 gieu3 gau1 heu2
- Sinological IPA: /sat̚² ki̯eu̯³¹ kau̯²⁴ heu̯¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
Idiom
[edit]殺狗教猴
- (Hakka) to make a public demonstration of punishing a wrongdoer in order to deter innocents who might mimic the example of the wrongdoer
Synonyms
[edit]| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 殺雞嚇猴, 殺雞駭猴, 殺雞儆猴, 殺雞給猴看, 殺一儆百 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 殺雞儆猴, 殺一儆百 |
| Singapore | 殺雞儆猴 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 打兒騾子馬驚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 殺雞儆猴, 殺一儆百 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 斬狗教猴 |
| Yudu | 殺雞教猴 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 殺狗教猴, 斬狗教猴 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 殺狗教猴, 斬狗教猴 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 殺狗教猴, 斬狗教猴 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 殺狗教猴, 打狗教猴, 斬狗教猴 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 殺狗教猴, 㓾狗教猴, 斬狗教猴 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 㓾狗教猴, 斬狗教猴 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 刣雞教猴 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 刣雞教猴 |
| Quanzhou | 刣雞教猴 | |
| Jinjiang | 刣雞教猴 | |
| Zhangzhou | 刣雞教猴 | |
| Tainan | 刣雞教猴 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 刣雞教猴 | |
| Jieyang | 刣雞教猴 | |
| Haifeng | 刣貓教猴 | |
| Leizhou | 刣狗猻乞猿望 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 刣雞教猴 |