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效尤

效尤

Chinese

		effect; efficacy; imitate	outstanding; particularly; especially
simp. and trad. (效尤)		效	尤

Verb

效尤

(literary) to mimic the wrongdoing of others, commit a copy-cat crime

Derived terms

以儆效尤 (yǐjǐngxiàoyóu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiàoyóu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haau⁶ jau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hāu-iû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiàoyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawyou
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ i̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haau⁶ jau⁴
  - Yale: haauh yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haau⁶ jau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hɑːu̯²² jɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-iû
  - Tâi-lô: hāu-iû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hauxiuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /haʊ²²⁻²¹ iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /haʊ⁴¹⁻²² iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /haʊ²²⁻²¹ iu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /haʊ³³⁻¹¹ iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /haʊ³³⁻²¹ iu²³/