殺雞駭猴

Chinese

		to kill; to murder; to slaughter	fowl; chicken	astonish; startle	monkey
trad. (殺雞駭猴/殺鷄駭猴)		殺	雞/鷄	駭	猴
simp. (杀鸡骇猴)		杀	鸡	骇	猴
Literally: “to kill the chicken to startle the monkey”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shājīhàihóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄏㄞˋ ㄏㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shājīhàihóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄏㄞˋ ㄏㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shajihàihóu
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-chi¹-hai⁴-hou²
    • Yale: shā-jī-hài-hóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shajihayhour
    • Palladius: шацзихайхоу (šaczixajxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ xaɪ̯⁵¹ xoʊ̯³⁵/

Idiom

殺雞駭猴

1. to punish an individual as an example to 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