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猩

xīng

Character

What 猩 means

1. ape

Example sentences

• 你爸爸是一个大猩猩。
  Nǐ bàba shì yī gè dàxīngxing.
  Your father is a gorilla.
• 圈养导致大猩猩生病。
  Juànyǎng dǎozhì dàxīngxing shēngbìng.
  Captivity makes gorillas sick.
• 可可不是一只普通的猩猩。
  Kěkě bù shì yī zhī pǔtōng de xīngxing.
  Koko is not an ordinary gorilla.
• 我们的遗传基因真的和黑猩猩几乎一样吗？
  Wǒmen de yíchuán jīyīn zhēnde hé hēixīngxīng jīhū yīyàng ma?
  Is it true that our genetic heritage is almost the same as that of chimpanzees?
• 我观察到一只黑猩猩剥了一根香蕉并吃了它。
  Wǒ guānchá dào yī zhī hēixīngxing bāo le yī gēn xiāngjiāo bìng chī le tā.
  I observe a chimpanzee peel a banana and eat it.
• 虽然猩猩不懂得开口说话，但牠们能用其他方式和人类沟通。
  Suīrán xīngxing bù dǒngde kāikǒu shuōhuà, dàn tā men néng yòng qítā fāngshì hé rénlèi gōutōng.
  Gorillas cannot use their lips and tongues to speak, but they can communicate with people in other ways.

Words starting with 猩

• 猩猩xīng xingorangutan; (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin
• 猩红xīng hóngscarlet
• 猩化xīng huà(slang) (of a dialect) to be corrupted by Standard Mandarin
• 猩红热xīng hóng rèscarlet fever
• 猩红色xīng hóng sèscarlet (color)

Words containing 猩

• 大猩猩dà xīng xinggorilla
• 黑猩猩hēi xīng xingcommon chimpanzee
• 倭黑猩猩wō hēi xīng xingbonobo; pygmy chimpanzee

Characters built on 星

These share the phonetic component 星 (xīng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 醒xǐngto wake up; to be awake; to become aware
• 腥xīngfishy (smell)
• 惺xīng(literary) to come to one's senses; to awaken; (literary) astute; sharp-witted

Characters that look like 猩

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 暖nuǎnwarm; to warm
• 媛yuánused in 婵媛
• 揉róuto knead; to massage; to rub
• 辊gǔnroller
• 猬wèi(bound form) hedgehog
• 睚yá(literary) corner of the eye; canthus

Sounds the same

Read xīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 星star; heavenly body; satellite
• 腥fishy (smell)
• 兴to rise; to flourish; to become popular
• 惺(literary) to come to one's senses; to awaken; (literary) astute; sharp-witted
• 煋(literary) (of a fire) fierce; intense; blazing; (literary) to radiate light in all…
• 骍horse (or cattle) of reddish color; bay horse
• 㽮old variant of 星
• 曐old variant of 星
• 皨old variant of 星