Chinese symbol for “primate”
灵长类
líng zhǎng lèi
Traditional: 靈長類
primate (monkey, hominid etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for primate is 灵长类 (líng zhǎng lèi), defined as: primate (monkey, hominid etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “primate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灵长 (靈長) | líng zhǎng | primate (monkey, hominid etc) |
| 大主教 | dà zhǔ jiào | archbishop; primate (of a church) |
| 总主教 (總主教) | zǒng zhǔ jiào | archbishop; primate (of a church) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 灵长类.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灵魂 (靈魂) | líng hún | soul; spirit |
| 心灵 (心靈) | xīn líng | bright; smart |
| 灵活 (靈活) | líng huó | flexible; nimble |
| 精灵 (精靈) | jīng líng | spirit; fairy |
| 灵感 (靈感) | líng gǎn | creative inspiration |
| 幽灵 (幽靈) | yōu líng | specter; apparition |
| 增长 (增長) | zēng zhǎng | to grow; to increase |
| 长期 (長期) | cháng qī | long-term; for a protracted period |
| 人类 (人類) | rén lèi | humanity; human race |
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.