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hóu
HSK 3.0 Level 5

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Definitions

  1. 1. monkey

Example Sentences

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你從來沒吃過獼 桃嗎?
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 8825041)

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Words Containing 猴

猴皮筋
hóu pí jīn

(coll.) rubber band

猴面包树
hóu miàn bāo shù

boabab tree

熊猴
xióng hóu

Assamese macaque

僧帽猴
sēng mào hóu

capuchin monkey

恒河猴
héng hé hóu

rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)

猴儿
hóu ér

little devil

猴急
hóu jí

impatient

猴子偷桃
hóu zi tōu táo

\monkey steals the peach\ (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizing his testicles with the other

猴孩子
hóu hái zi

little devil

杀鸡给猴看
shā jī gěi hóu kàn

lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others

杀鸡警猴
shā jī jǐng hóu

lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others

沐猴而冠
mù hóu ér guàn

lit. a monkey wearing a hat (idiom)

杀鸡儆猴
shā jī jǐng hóu

lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom)

耍猴
shuǎ hóu

to get a monkey to perform tricks

猴年
hóu nián

Year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)

狐猴
hú hóu

lemur

山中无老虎,猴子称大王
shān zhōng wú lǎo hǔ , hóu zi chēng dà wáng

in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom)

猴戏
hóu xì

monkey show

杀鸡吓猴
shā jī xià hóu

lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others

长鼻猴
cháng bí hóu

proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), aka long-nosed monkey

猴痘
hóu dòu

monkeypox; mpox

卷尾猴
juǎn wěi hóu

white-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus)

眼镜猴
yǎn jìng hóu

tarsier monkey

猕猴
mí hóu

macaque

猴子
hóu zi

monkey

猕猴桃
mí hóu táo

kiwi fruit

猴面包
hóu miàn bāo

see 猴麵包樹|猴面包树[hóu miàn bāo shù]

猴年马月
hóu nián mǎ yuè

long time off

跗猴
fū hóu

tarsier

猴王
hóu wáng

Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[xī yóu jì]

婴猴
yīng hóu

galago; bush baby

群猴猴族
qún hóu hóu zú

Qauqaut, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan

申猴
shēn hóu

Year 9, year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)

猴头菇
hóu tóu gū

Hericium erinaceus

水猴子
shuǐ hóu zi

mythical monster that preys on swimmers

猿猴
yuán hóu

apes and monkeys

猴拳
hóu quán

Hou Quan - \Monkey Fist\ - Martial Art