殺雞給猴看

See also: 杀鸡给猴看

Chinese

		to kill; to murder; to slaughter	fowl; chicken	to supply; provide; to to supply; provide; to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do something (for someone); (passive particle)	monkey	to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think
trad. (殺雞給猴看/殺鷄給猴看)		殺	雞/鷄	給	猴	看
simp. (杀鸡给猴看)		杀	鸡	给	猴	看
Literally: “to kill a chicken to let the monkey see”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shā jī gěi hóu kàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄍㄟˇ ㄏㄡˊ ㄎㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ gai¹ kap¹ hau⁴ hon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shā jī gěi hóu kàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄍㄟˇ ㄏㄡˊ ㄎㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sha ji gěi hóu kàn
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹ chi¹ kei³ hou² kʻan⁴
    • Yale: shā jī gěi hóu kàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sha ji geei hour kann
    • Palladius: ша цзи гэй хоу кань (ša czi gɛj xou kanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ keɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯³⁵ kʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saat³ gai¹ kap¹ hau⁴ hon³
    • Yale: saat gāi kāp hàuh hon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ gai¹ kap⁷ hau⁴ hon³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ gei¹ keb¹ heo⁴ hon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵ kʰɐp̚⁵ hɐu̯²¹ hɔːn³³/

Idiom

殺雞給猴看

1. To make an example of someone; to punish someone as an example to frighten others

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 殺雞嚇猴 (“to punish a wrongdoer as a warning for others”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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

Descendants

• → Thai: เชือดไก่ให้ลิงดู (chʉ̂ʉat-gài-hâi-ling-duu)