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Chinese symbol for “orangutan”

猩猩
xīng xing
orangutan; (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin

The closest CC-CEDICT match for orangutan is 猩猩 (xīng xing), defined as: orangutan; (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

猩 xīng
ape, orangutan
radical 94 ⽝ · 12 strokes
猩
猩 xing
ape, orangutan
radical 94 ⽝ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 猩猩.

WordPinyinMeaning
大猩猩dà xīng xinggorilla
黑猩猩hēi xīng xingcommon chimpanzee
猩红热 (猩紅熱)xīng hóng rèscarlet fever
猩红 (猩紅)xīng hóngscarlet
猩红色 (猩紅色)xīng hóng sèscarlet (color)

See also: Japanese symbol for “orangutan”.

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.

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