猴

Monkey in Chinese: 猴 (hóu)

hóu

monkey

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Definitions

  1. 1monkey

Stroke order

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猴

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄏㄡˊ

hóu

ㄏ/ hㄡ/ ouˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 动物园里的猴很会爬树。

    dòng wù yuán lǐ de hóu hěn huì pá shù。

    The monkeys at the zoo are good at climbing trees.

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Related words

猴子

hóu zi

monkey

胡同儿

hútòngr

Alley

胡子

hú zi

beard

虎

hǔ

tiger

华语

huá yǔ

Chinese language

滑

huá

to slip

化石

huà shí

fossil

划分

huà fēn

to divide up

画面

huà miàn

scene

环节

huán jié

(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc)

慌

huāng

to get panicky

慌忙

huāng máng

in a great rush

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