效尤

Chinese

		effect; efficacy; imitate	to grudge, to blame
simp. and trad. (效尤)		效	尤

Etymology

《左傳·僖公二十四年》:

尤而效之，罪又甚焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

Yóu ér xiào zhī, zuì yòu shèn yān. [Pinyin]

That I should, having vented my disapproval of such conduct, follow their example — that would be the worse offence.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàoyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haau⁶ jau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hāu-iû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàoyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàoyóu
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-yu²
    • Yale: syàu-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawyou
    • Palladius: сяою (sjaoju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haau⁶ jau⁴
    • Yale: haauh yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau⁶ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hao⁶ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯²² jɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-iû
    • Tâi-lô: hāu-iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hauxiuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hau²²⁻²¹ iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hau⁴¹⁻²² iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hau²²⁻²¹ iu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hau³³⁻¹¹ iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau³³⁻²¹ iu²³/

Verb

效尤

1. (literary) to mimic the wrongdoing of others; to follow and do the wrong thing; to follow a bad example

   競相效尤／竞相效尤  ―  jìngxiāng xiàoyóu  ―  to try to outdo each other in following a bad example

Synonyms

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• 仿效 (fǎngxiào)
• 仿照 (fǎngzhào)
• 仿行 (fǎngxíng)
• 取法 (qǔfǎ)
• 宗法 (zōngfǎ)
• 師匠 / 师匠 (shījiàng) (literary)
• 師法 / 师法 (shīfǎ) (literary)
• 憲法 / 宪法 (xiànfǎ) (Classical Chinese)
• 憲章 / 宪章 (xiànzhāng) (Classical Chinese)
• 效仿 (xiàofǎng)
• 效法 (xiàofǎ)
• 模仿 (mófǎng)
• 模效 (móxiào)
• 步武 (bùwǔ) (literary)
• 法象 (fǎxiàng) (archaic)
• 視 / 视 (shì) (archaic)
• 範圍 / 范围 (fànwéi) (Classical Chinese)
• 觀象 / 观象 (guānxiàng) (literary)
• 遵法 (zūnfǎ) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 以儆效尤 (yǐjǐngxiàoyóu)