斬狗教猴

Chinese

		behead; chop	dog	teach; teaching; religion	monkey
trad. (斬狗教猴)		斬	狗	教	猴
simp. (斩狗教猴)		斩	狗	教	猴
Literally: “to behead the dog to teach the monkey”.

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chám-kiéu-kau-hèu / chám-kiéu-kâu-hèu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zam³ gêu³ gau¹ hêu²

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chám-kiéu-kau-hèu / chám-kiéu-kâu-hèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: zam` gieu` gau heuˇ / zam` gieu` gau´ heuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zam³ gieu³ gau⁴ heu² / zam³ gieu³ gau¹ heu²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sam³¹ ki̯eu̯³¹ kau̯⁵⁵ heu̯¹¹/, /t͡sam³¹ ki̯eu̯³¹ kau̯²⁴ heu̯¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chám-kiéu-kâu-hèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: zam` gieu` gau´ heuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zam³ gieu³ gau¹ heu²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sam³¹ ki̯eu̯³¹ kau̯²⁴ heu̯¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zam³ gêu³ gau¹ hêu²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sam³¹ keu³¹ kau⁴⁴⁻³⁵ heu¹¹/

Idiom

斬狗教猴

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

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
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
	Leizhou	刣狗猻乞猿望
Puxian Min	Putian	刣雞教猴