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hóu
monkey, ape; like a monkey
🔤 Pictophonetic: 犭 (animal) provides meaning, 侯 provides pronunciation
HSK 5 ✏️ 12 strokes Common • Top 22%

Words Using 猴 (34)

猴子
hóuzi
HSK 5
monkey / CL:[[隻|只<zhī>]]
hóu
monkey / CL:[[隻|只<zhī>]]
猿猴
yuánhóu
apes and monkeys
猴急
hóují
impatient / to be in a rush (to do sth) / anxious / fretful / agitated
杀鸡警猴
shājījǐnghóu
lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres
沐猴而冠
mùhóuérguàn
lit. a monkey wearing a hat (idiom) / fig. worthless person in imposing attire
杀鸡儆猴
shājījǐnghóu
lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres
杀鸡给猴看
shājīgěihóukàn
lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others
狐猴
húhóu
lemur
熊猴
xiónghóu
Assamese macaque
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