Usage of the character 猴
hóu
猴
[猴]
- monkey
- CL:隻／只 (zhī)
hóuquán
猴拳
[猴拳]
- Hou Quan - "Monkey Fist" - Martial Art
yīnghóu
婴猴
[嬰猴]
- galago; bush baby
hóur
猴儿
[猴兒]
- monkey
míhóu
猕猴
[獼猴]
- macaque
shēnhóu
申猴
[申猴]
- Year 9, year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)
xiónghóu
熊猴
[熊猴]
- Assamese macaque
Hóuwáng
猴王
[猴王]
- Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記／西游记 ( Xīyóu Jì)
shuǎhóu
耍猴
[耍猴]
- to get a monkey to perform tricks
- to put on a monkey show
- to make fun of sb
- to tease
húhóu
狐猴
[狐猴]
- lemur
hóují
猴急
[猴急]
- impatient
- to be in a rush (to do sth)
- anxious
- fretful
- agitated
zhuāhóu
抓猴
[抓猴]
- (Tw) to catch an adulterous man in the act (from Taiwanese 掠猴, Tai-lo pr. (lia̍h-kâu))
yuánhóu
猿猴
[猿猴]
- apes and monkeys
fūhóu
跗猴
[跗猴]
- tarsier
hóuxì
猴戏
[猴戲]
- monkey show
hóunián
猴年
[猴年]
- Year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)
hóudòu
猴痘
[猴痘]
- monkeypox; mpox
hóu'ér
猴儿
[猴兒]
- little devil
hóuzi
猴子
[猴子]
- monkey
- CL:隻／只 (zhī)
hóupíjīn
猴皮筋
[猴皮筋]
- (coll.) rubber band
shuǐhóuzi
水猴子
[水猴子]
- mythical monster that preys on swimmers
sēngmàohóu
僧帽猴
[僧帽猴]
- capuchin monkey
- genus Cebidae
chángbíhóu
长鼻猴
[長鼻猴]
- proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), aka long-nosed monkey
Hénghéhóu
恒河猴
[恆河猴]
- rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)
- rhesus monkey
- lit. river Ganges monkey of north India
hóumiànbāo
猴面包
[猴麵包]
- see 猴麵包樹／猴面包树 (hóumiànbāoshù)
hóurjīng
猴儿精
[猴兒精]
- (dialect) shrewd
- clever
hóutóugū
猴头菇
[猴頭菇]
- Hericium erinaceus
juǎnwěihóu
卷尾猴
[卷尾猴]
- white-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus)
míhóutáo
猕猴桃
[獼猴桃]
- kiwi fruit
- Chinese gooseberry
yǎnjìnghóu
眼镜猴
[眼鏡猴]
- tarsier monkey
jīnsīhóu
金丝猴
[金絲猴]
- golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
hóuháizi
猴孩子
[猴孩子]
- little devil
shājīxiàhóu
杀鸡吓猴
[殺雞嚇猴]
- lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
- pour encourager les autres
hóuniánmǎyuè
猴年马月
[猴年馬月]
- long time off
- time that will never come
mùhóu'érguàn
沐猴而冠
[沐猴而冠]
- lit. a monkey wearing a hat (idiom)
- fig. worthless person in imposing attire
hóuzitōutáo
猴子偷桃
[猴子偷桃]
- "monkey steals the peach" (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizing his testicles with the other
- (coll.) grabbing sb by the balls
hóumiànbāoshù
猴面包树
[猴麵包樹]
- boabab tree
- monkey-bread tree
- Adansonia digitata (botany)
Qúnhóuhóuzú
群猴猴族
[群猴猴族]
- Qauqaut, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
shājījǐnghóu
杀鸡儆猴
[殺雞儆猴]
- lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom)
- fig. to punish an individual as an example to others
- pour encourager les autres
shājījǐnghóu
杀鸡警猴
[殺雞警猴]
- lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
- pour encourager les autres
shājīgěihóukàn
杀鸡给猴看
[殺雞給猴看]
- lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others
shānzhōngwúlǎohǔ,hóuzichēngdàwáng
山中无老虎，猴子称大王
[山中無老虎，猴子稱大王]
- in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom)
- (depending on the source, the last word is either 大王 (dàwáng) or 大王 (dàiwang))