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猴
hóu
1. monkey
2. CL:[[隻|只<zhī>]]
Common • Top 6% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

猴
hóu
monkey, ape; like a monkey
HSK 5 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

熊猴
xiónghóu
Assamese macaque
狐猴
húhóu
lemur
猴儿
hóuér
little devil
猴儿
hóur
monkey
猴子
hóuzi
monkey
HSK 5
猴年
hóunián
Year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)
猴急
hóují
impatient
猴戏
hóuxì
monkey show
猴拳
hóuquán
Hou Quan - "Monkey Fist" - Martial Art
猴王
Hóuwáng
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West [[西遊記|西游记<XīyóuJì>]]
猿猴
yuánhóu
apes and monkeys
猕猴
míhóu
macaque
申猴
shēnhóu
Year 9, year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)
耍猴
shuǎhóu
to get a monkey to perform tricks
僧帽猴
sēngmàohóu
capuchin monkey
恒河猴
Hénghéhóu
rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)
猴儿精
hóurjīng
(dialect) shrewd
猴孩子
hóuháizi
little devil
猴皮筋
hóupíjīn
(coll.) rubber band
猴头菇
hóutóugū
Hericium erinaceus

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,186
Word Frequency Rank
5,100 of 84,292

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