猴

hóu

h+óu·2nd tone

monkey · CL: zhī

Radical: 犭 Strokes: 12 HSK 5

Structure: Left-middle-rightFrequency: Common

Same radical

独狂狗狼犯猪狱猫猛猎狎猥

Same radical

独狂狗狼犯猪狱猫猛猎狎猥狐狭犹

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Character Decomposition

猴=犭+侯

Etymology

animal

Meanings

monkey

CL: zhī

hóu

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Words with 猴 74 total

macaque猕猴mí hóu apes and monkeys猿猴yuán hóu galago; bush baby婴猴yīng hóu (Tw) to catch an adulterous man in the act (from Taiwanese 掠猴)抓猴zhuā hóu Assamese macaque熊猴xióng hóu lemur狐猴hú hóu little devil猴儿hóu ér monkey · CL: zhī猴子hóu zi Year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)猴年hóu nián impatient · to be in a rush (to do sth) · anxious · fretful · agitated猴急hóu jí monkey show猴戏hóu xì Hou Quan - "Monkey Fist" - Martial Art猴拳hóu quán Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West猴王Hóu wáng monkeypox; mpox猴痘hóu dòu (slang) (loanword) homie猴米hóu mǐ (coll.) clever; shrewd猴精hóu jīng Year 9, year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)申猴shēn hóu to get a monkey to perform tricks · to put on a monkey show · to make fun of sb · to tease耍猴shuǎ hóu (coll.) newly-emerged cicada nymph蝉猴chán hóu tarsier跗猴fū hóu golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)金丝猴jīn sī hóu capuchin monkey · genus Cebidae僧帽猴sēng mào hóu white-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus)卷尾猴juǎn wěi hóu rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) · rhesus monkey · lit. river Ganges monkey of north India恒河猴Héng hé hóu

Idioms with 猴 16 total Chain

long time off · time that will never come猴年马月hóu nián mǎ yuè lit. a monkey wearing a hat (idiom) · fig. worthless person in imposing attire沐猴而冠mù hóu ér guàn (lit.) to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom) · (fig.) to punish an individual as an example to others杀鸡儆猴shā jī jǐng hóu

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