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猴

hóu

HSK 5 Character Measure word 只

What 猴 means

1. monkey

Example sentences

• 这是猴肉。
  It's monkey meat.
• 你看着像猴。
  You look like a monkey.
• 我猕猴桃过敏。
  Wǒ míhóutáo guòmǐn.
  I'm allergic to kiwi.
• 猴子爬上了树。
  The monkey climbed up a tree.
• 猴子爬树容易。
  It's easy for monkeys to climb trees.
• 猴子喜欢香蕉。
  Monkeys are fond of banana.

Words starting with 猴

• 猴子hóu zimonkey
• 猴王Hóu wángSun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to…
• 猴儿hóu érlittle devil
• 猴年hóu niánYear of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)
• 猴急hóu jíimpatient; to be in a rush (to do sth); anxious
• 猴戏hóu xìmonkey show
• 猴拳hóu quánHou Quan - "Monkey Fist" - Martial Art
• 猴米hóu mǐ(slang; loanword) homie
• 猴儿精hóu r jīng(dialect) shrewd; clever
• 猴孩子hóu hái zilittle devil
• 猴猴族Hóu hóu zúQauqaut, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
• 猴子偷桃hóu zi tōu táo"monkey steals the peach" (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and…
• 猴年马月hóu nián mǎ yuèlong time off; time that will never come
• 猴面包树hóu miàn bāo shùAfrican baobab; monkey-bread tree (Adansonia digitata)
• 猴皮筋hóu pí jīn(colloquial) rubber band
• 猴头菇hóu tóu gūHericium erinaceus
• 猴痘hóu dòumonkeypox; mpox

Words containing 猴

• 猕猴桃mí hóu táokiwi fruit; Chinese gooseberry
• 金丝猴jīn sī hóugolden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
• 猿猴yuán hóuapes and monkeys
• 猕猴mí hóumacaque
• 婴猴yīng hóugalago; bush baby
• 抓猴zhuā hóu(Taiwan) to catch an adulterous man in the act (from Taiwanese 掠猴, Tai-lo pr. [lia̍h-kâu])
• 熊猴xióng hóuAssamese macaque
• 申猴shēn hóuYear 9, year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)
• 耍猴shuǎ hóuto get a monkey to perform tricks; to put on a monkey show; to make fun of sb
• 卷尾猴juǎn wěi hóuwhite-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus)
• 恒河猴Héng hé hóurhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta); rhesus monkey; lit. river Ganges monkey of north India
• 水猴子shuǐ hóu zimythical monster that preys on swimmers
• 眼镜猴yǎn jìng hóutarsier monkey
• 知了猴zhī liǎo hóu(colloquial) newly-emerged cicada nymph
• 长鼻猴cháng bí hóuproboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), aka long-nosed monkey
• 杀鸡给猴看shā jī gěi hóu kànlit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb…
• 狐猴hú hóulemur
• 僧帽猴sēng mào hóucapuchin monkey; genus Cebidae
• 沐猴而冠mù hóu ér guànlit. a monkey wearing a hat (idiom); fig. worthless person in imposing attire
• 蝉猴chán hóu(colloquial) newly-emerged cicada nymph
• 杀鸡儆猴shā jī jǐng hóu(lit.) to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom)…
• 跗猴fū hóutarsier
• 山中无老虎，猴子称大王shān zhōng wú lǎo hǔ , hóu zi chēng dà wángin the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom)…
• 杀鸡吓猴shā jī xià hóusee 杀鸡儆猴

Characters built on 侯

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

• 喉hóuthroat; larynx
• 瘊hóuwart
• 缑gōurope attached to a sword hilt; (archaic) hilt; sword
• 堠hòumounds for beacons
• 篌hóuused in 箜篌
• 糇hóudry provisions

Characters that look like 猴

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

• 程chéngrule; order; regulations
• 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 猫māocat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword; colloquial) modem
• 暇xiáleisure
• 猖chāngferocious
• 骐qí(literary) black horse

Sounds the same

Read hóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 喉throat; larynx
• 侯marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位; nobleman…
• 骺(anatomy) epiphysis
• 瘊wart
• 篌used in 箜篌
• 睺(appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit); half-blind (archaic)
• 𬭤metal arrowhead
• 鯸blowfish
• 糇dry provisions
• 矦old variant of 侯