Chinese symbol for “monkey”
猴子
hóu zi
monkey; 只 (zhī)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for monkey is 猴子 (hóu zi), defined as: monkey; 只 (zhī).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “monkey”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 猴 | hóu | monkey; 只 (zhī) |
| 猓 | guǒ | monkey |
| 猴儿 (猴兒) | hóu r | 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) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 猴子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 猕猴桃 (獼猴桃) | mí hóu táo | kiwi fruit; Chinese gooseberry |
| 猿猴 | yuán hóu | apes and monkeys |
| 杀鸡儆猴 (殺雞儆猴) | shā jī jǐng hóu | (lit.) to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); (fig.) to punish an individual as an example to others |
| 猕猴 (獼猴) | mí hóu | macaque |
| 狐猴 | hú hóu | lemur |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “monkey”.
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.