Meaning of 猴
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- monkey
Measure word: 隻|只
How to use 猴
In everyday speech people usually say 猴子 (hóuzi) rather than 猴 alone. 猴 appears on its own in compounds, in names like 猴年 (hóu nián) Year of the Monkey, and in set phrases. Example: 动物园里有很多猴子。(Dòngwùyuán lǐ yǒu hěn duō hóuzi.) There are many monkeys at the zoo.
猴 (hóu) has the animal radical 犭 on the left, which marks many animal words like 狗 (gǒu) dog and 猫 (māo) cat. The right side 侯 (hóu) gives the sound, so think of an animal that sounds like hóu: the monkey.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up the right side 侯 with 候, as in 时候 (shíhou). 侯 has no short vertical stroke in the middle, while 候 does. Also keep the second tone in 猴子 (hóuzi); only 子 becomes neutral.
猴 in example sentences
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猴 hóu · monkey · 12 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 猴.
Questions about 猴
What does 猴 mean?
猴 (hóu) means "monkey" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 猴?
猴 is made of 1 character: 猴 (12 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.
Is 猴 an HSK word?
Yes. 猴 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What does 猴急 (hóují) mean?
猴急 describes someone who is impatient or in a big rush to do something, like a restless monkey. It is informal, for example 别那么猴急 (bié nàme hóují), don't be so impatient.
What does the idiom 杀鸡儆猴 mean?
杀鸡儆猴 (shājījǐnghóu) literally means to kill the chicken to warn the monkey. It means punishing one person as an example to scare others into obeying.