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
Min Nan (POJ): hāu-iû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàoyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàoyóu
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-yu²
  - Yale: syàu-yóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawyou
  - Palladius: сяойоу (sjaojou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑʊ̯⁵¹ 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/
Min Nan
- (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

(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

Synonyms of 效尤

仿效 (fǎngxiào)
仿照 (fǎngzhào)
仿行 (fǎngxíng)
取法 (qǔfǎ)
宗法 (zōngfǎ)
效仿 (xiàofǎng)
效法 (xiàofǎ)
模仿 (mófǎng)
步武 (bùwǔ) (literary)

法象 (fǎxiàng) (archaic)
遵法 (zūnfǎ) (literary)
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)
範圍／范围 (fànwéi) (Classical Chinese)
視／视 (shì) (archaic)
觀象／观象 (guānxiàng) (literary)

Derived terms

以儆效尤 (yǐjǐngxiàoyóu)

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