Not only has it been translated into English, French, German, Japanese, Dutch, and Swedish, The Butcher's Wife is also taught in many mainland Chinese universities 'courses on literature from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
除了英、法、德、日、荷蘭、瑞典等多國譯文版外，《殺夫》也被中國多所的大學列為港台文學教材。