懲一儆百

Chinese

		punish; discipline	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	warn; admonish	hundred
trad. (懲一儆百)		懲	一	儆	百
simp. (惩一儆百)		惩	一	儆	百
Literally: “to punish one to warn a hundred”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngyī jǐngbǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄧ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ jat¹ ging² baak³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): têng² zêg⁸ gêng⁶ bêh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngyī jǐngbǎi [Phonetic: chéngyìjíngbǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄧ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngyi jǐngbǎi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-i¹ ching³-pai³
    • Yale: chéng-yī jǐng-bǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngi jiingbae
    • Palladius: чэнъи цзинбай (čɛnʺi czinbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing⁴ jat¹ ging² baak³
    • Yale: chìhng yāt gíng baak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ jat⁷ ging² baak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ yed¹ ging² bag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ jɐt̚⁵ kɪŋ³⁵ paːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: têng² zêg⁸ gêng⁶ bêh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: théng tse̍k kĕng peh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰeŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sek̚⁴⁻² keŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ peʔ²/

Idiom

懲一儆百

1. to make an example of somebody

Synonyms

• 懲一警百／惩一警百 (chéngyījǐngbǎi)
• 懲一戒百／惩一戒百 (chéngyījièbǎi)
• 殺一儆百／杀一儆百 (shāyījǐngbǎi)