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"monkey" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
猴子 hóu zi monkey / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn
猴儿 猴兒 hóu r monkey syn
猴 hóu monkey / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn
猓 guǒ monkey
马骝 馬騮 mǎ liú monkey (dialect) / little monkey (affectionate term for children, subordinates)
吗喽 嗎嘍 ma lou (slang) monkey (often used humorously or self-deprecatingly by overworked laborers)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
悟空 wù kōng Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 You2 Ji4]
猴年 hóu nián Year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)
齐天大圣 齊天大聖 qí tiān dà shèng Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
心猿意马 心猿意馬 xīn yuán yì mǎ lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom) / fig. capricious (derog.) / to have ants in one's pants / hyperactive / adventurous and uncontrollable syn
大闹天宫 大鬧天宮 dà nào tiān gōng Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
金丝猴 金絲猴 jīn sī hóu golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
灵长类 靈長類 líng zhǎng lèi primate (monkey, hominid etc)
孙行者 孫行者 sūn xíng zhě Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1], the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
吉尔达 吉爾達 jí ěr dá gelada (Theropithecus gelada), Ethiopian herbivorous monkey similar to baboon
申 shēn to extend / to state / to explain / 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey / ancient Chinese compass point: 240° syn
禺 yù legendary monkey of ancient China
禺 yú (archaic) district / (old) type of monkey
杀鸡儆猴 殺雞儆猴 shā jī jǐng hóu lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom) / fig. to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres
沐猴而冠 mù hóu ér guàn lit. a monkey wearing a hat (idiom) / fig. worthless person in imposing attire
笼鸟槛猿 籠鳥檻猿 lóng niǎo jiàn yuán bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom) / prisoner
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[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
耍猴 shuǎ hóu to get a monkey to perform tricks / to put on a monkey show / to make fun of sb / to tease
孙悟空 孫悟空 sūn wù kōng Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4] / Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠[Qi1 long2 zhu1]
猴拳 hóu quán Hou Quan - "Monkey Fist" - Martial Art
猴戏 猴戲 hóu xì monkey show
西游记 西遊記 xī yóu jì "Journey to the West", Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩[Wu2 Cheng2 en1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, also called "Pilgrimage to the West" or "Monkey"
长鼻猴 長鼻猴 cháng bí hóu proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), aka long-nosed monkey
恒河猴 恆河猴 héng hé hóu rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) / rhesus monkey / lit. river Ganges monkey of north India
猴痘病毒 hóu dòu bìng dú monkey pox virus
僧帽猴 sēng mào hóu capuchin monkey / genus Cebidae
杀鸡给猴看 殺雞給猴看 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
猴面包树 猴麵包樹 hóu miàn bāo shù boabab tree / monkey-bread tree / Adansonia digitata (botany)
狮尾狒 獅尾狒 shī wěi fèi gelada (Theropithecus gelada), Ethiopian herbivorous monkey similar to baboon / also written 吉爾達|吉尔达[ji2 er3 da2]
哈奴曼 hā nú màn Hanuman, a monkey God in the Indian epic Ramayana
杀鸡吓猴 殺雞嚇猴 shā jī xià hóu lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom) / to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres syn
杀鸡警猴 殺雞警猴 shā jī jǐng hóu lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom) / to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres
无支祁 無支祁 wú zhī qí a water goblin in Chinese mythology usually depicted as a monkey
申猴 shēn hóu Year 9, year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)
管子钳 管子鉗 guǎn zi qián pipe wrench / monkey wrench
臀疣 tún yóu monkey's seat pads (zoology) syn
灵长 靈長 líng zhǎng primate (monkey, hominid etc)
眼镜猴 眼鏡猴 yǎn jìng hóu tarsier monkey
银叶猴 銀葉猴 yín yè hóu silvered leaf monkey / silvered langur
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 / (coll.) grabbing sb by the balls
瞎晃 xiā huàng to roam about / to monkey around
鬼名堂 guǐ míng tang dirty trick / monkey business
程序猿 chéng xù yuán (Internet slang) code monkey
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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