猩猩

猩猩 in English

xīng xing noun
orangutan / (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin

Character breakdown

How it used to be written

  • Small seal script: 猩 Small seal script

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

  • 你爸爸是一个大猩猩。

    Your father is a gorilla.

  • 可可不是一只普通的猩猩。

    Koko is not an ordinary gorilla.

  • 圈养导致大猩猩生病。

    Captivity makes gorillas sick.

  • 我们的遗传基因真的和黑猩猩几乎一样吗?

    Is it true that our genetic heritage is almost the same as that of chimpanzees?

  • 我观察到一只黑猩猩剥了一根香蕉并吃了它。

    I observe a chimpanzee peel a banana and eat it.

  • 虽然猩猩不懂得开口说话,但牠们能用其他方式和人类沟通。

    Gorillas cannot use their lips and tongues to speak, but they can communicate with people in other ways.

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