Chinese symbol for “gibbon”
长臂猿
cháng bì yuán
Traditional: 長臂猿
gibbon; Hylobatidae (gibbon and lesser ape family)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gibbon is 长臂猿 (cháng bì yuán), defined as: gibbon; Hylobatidae (gibbon and lesser ape family).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 长臂猿.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 增长 (增長) | zēng zhǎng | to grow; to increase |
| 长期 (長期) | cháng qī | long-term; for a protracted period |
| 部长 (部長) | bù zhǎng | head of a (government etc) department; section chief |
| 成长 (成長) | chéng zhǎng | to mature; to grow |
| 市长 (市長) | shì zhǎng | mayor |
| 家长 (家長) | jiā zhǎng | head of a household; family head |
| 手臂 | shǒu bì | arm (from shoulder to wrist); (fig.) assistant; helper |
| 双臂 (雙臂) | shuāng bì | arms; both arms |
| 猿人 | yuán rén | apeman |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gibbon”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.