猴
HSK 5freq #6437
Meanings
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- 1.monkey
- 2.CL:只[zhī]
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Wiktionary
- 1.monkey; ape
- 2.naughty child
- 3.male paramour
- 4.to lean on someone; to pester someone
- 5.to squat like a monkey
- 6.naughty; clever
- 7.skinny and dark-skinned; ugly as a monkey
- 8.a surname
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡoː): semantic 犭 + phonetic 侯 (OC *ɡoː). The first syllable in 母猴 (OC *mɯʔ ɡoː, “macaque”) and 沐猴 (OC *moːɡ ɡoː, “macaque”) may perhaps be an old pre-initial (Unger, 1985). Compare Proto-Lolo-Burmese *myukᴸ (“monkey”), which derives from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m(j/r)uk (“monkey”) (Pinault et al., 1997, STEDT).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
這是猴肉。
It's monkey meat.
你看着像猴。
You look like a monkey.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Related words
猴子 monkey蝉猴 (coll.) newly-emerged cicada nymph猴拳 Hou Quan - "Monkey Fist" - Martial Art猴年 Year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)狐猴 lemur猴戏 monkey show猴儿 monkey熊猴 Assamese macaque抓猴 (Tw) to catch an adulterous man in the act (from Taiwanese 掠猴, Tai-lo pr. [lia̍h-kâu])猕猴 macaque猴王 Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西游记[Xī yóu Jì]猴儿 little devil