猴
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Translingual
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Han character
猴 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大竹人弓大 (KHONK), four-corner 47234, composition ⿰犭侯)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 715, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20553
- Dae Jaweon: page 1127, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1358, character 11
- Unihan data for U+7334
Chinese
| trad. | 猴 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 猴 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 猴 | |
|---|---|
| Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script |
Characters in the same phonetic series (侯) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡoː): semantic 犭 + phonetic 侯 (OC *ɡoː).
Etymology
The first syllable in 母猴 (OC *mɯʔ ɡoː, “macaque”) and 沐猴 (OC *moːɡ ɡoː, “macaque”) may perhaps be an old pre-initial (Unger, 1985).
Compare Proto-Lolo-Burmese *myukᴸ (“monkey”), which derives from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m(j/r)uk (“monkey”) (Pinault et al., 1997, STEDT).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): heu2
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): gě
- Eastern Min (BUC): gàu / hèu
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gao2 / gaonn2 / hieo2
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6gheu
- Xiang
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: hóu
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hóu
- Wade–Giles: hou2
- Yale: hóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hour
- Palladius: хоу (xou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (猴兒 / 猴儿)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: hóur
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˊㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hóur
- Wade–Giles: hou2-ʼrh
- Yale: hóur
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hourl
- Palladius: хоур (xour)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: hou2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xou
- Sinological IPA (key): /xəu²¹/
- (Dungan)
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: hau4
- Yale: hàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: hau4
- Guangdong Romanization: heo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐu̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: heu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /heu²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hèu
- Hakka Romanization System: heuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: heu2
- Sinological IPA: /heu̯¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: heu
- Sinological IPA: /heu⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: hêu2
- Sinological IPA: /heu¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gě
- Sinological IPA (key): /ke²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gao2
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gáu
- Sinological IPA (key): /kau¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gaonn2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kãũ²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: hieo2
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: há̤u
- Sinological IPA (key): /hieu¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: hieo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hieu²⁴/
- (Putian)
Note:
- gao2/gaonn2 - vernacular;
- hieo2 - literary.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiô
- Tâi-lô: hiô
- Phofsit Daibuun: hiooi
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hio²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘
- Tâi-lô: hôo
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoo
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kâu
- Tâi-lô: kâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: kaau
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /kau²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Note:
- hiô/hô͘ - literary;
- kâu - vernacular.
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: huw
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-ɡˤ(r)o/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡoː/
Definitions
猴
- monkey; ape
- naughty child
- (Southern Min) male paramour
- 掠猴 [Hokkien] ― lia̍h-kâu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to catch an adulterer
- (dialectal) to lean on someone; to pester someone
- (dialectal) to squat like a monkey
- (dialectal) naughty; clever
- (Southern Min) skinny and dark-skinned; ugly as a monkey
- a surname
Synonyms
- (monkey):
Dialectal synonyms of 猴子 (“monkey”) [map]
- (male paramour):
Dialectal synonyms of 情夫 (“extramarital male lover of a married woman”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 情夫, 姘夫 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 拐漢子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 孤老 |
| Wanrong | 後男人 | |
| Xuzhou | 拐男人 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 賊漢子, 野漢子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 孤老, 孤老搭子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 契家佬 |
| Hong Kong | 情夫, 契家佬 | |
| Dongguan | 契家佬 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 野老公 |
| Lichuan | 野老公 | |
| Pingxiang | 野老公 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 契哥, 老緣 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 野漢, 野漢子 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 契兄 |
| Quanzhou | 契兄 | |
| Zhangzhou | 契兄 | |
| Taipei | 契兄 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 契兄 | |
| Kaohsiung | 契兄, 猴 | |
| Yilan | 契兄, 猴 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 契兄 | |
| Taichung | 契兄 | |
| Tainan | 契兄, 猴 | |
| Hsinchu | 契兄 | |
| Kinmen | 契兄, 猴 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 契兄 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 契兄 | |
| Leizhou | 契兄 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老契公 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 漢郎頭 |
| Danyang | 孤老, 孤老野漢 | |
| Ningbo | 野老公 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 野老倌, 野老公 |
| Loudi | 野男人 | |
| Hengyang | 野老公 | |
Compounds
- 倒手仔猴 (Min Nan)
- 刣雞教猴 / 刣鸡教猴 (Min Nan)
- 劉猴 / 刘猴 (Liúhóu)
- 卷尾猴
- 反眼猴
- 吊猴 (Min Nan)
- 吼猴 (hǒuhóu)
- 夜猴
- 小猴子
- 尖嘴猴腮 (jiānzuǐhóusāi)
- 弄鬼弔猴 / 弄鬼吊猴
- 恆河猴 / 恒河猴 (hénghéhóu)
- 懶猴 / 懒猴
- 指猴 (zhǐhóu)
- 掠猴 (Min Nan)
- 木猴而冠
- 杜猴 (Min Nan)
- 棘猴
- 棉猴兒 / 棉猴儿
- 殺雞儆猴 / 杀鸡儆猴 (shājījǐnghóu)
- 殺雞嚇猴 / 杀鸡吓猴 (shājīxiàhóu)
- 殺雞給猴看 / 杀鸡给猴看 (shā jī gěi hóu kàn)
- 殺雞駭猴 / 杀鸡骇猴 (shājīhàihóu)
- 沐猴 (mùhóu)
- 沐猴冠冕 (mùhóuguànmiǎn)
- 沐猴而冠 (mùhóu'érguàn)
- 沐猴衣冠
- 海底猴兒 / 海底猴儿
- 潑猴 / 泼猴
- 牽猴 / 牵猴 (khan-kâu) (Min Nan)
- 狐猴 (húhóu)
- 猴兒 / 猴儿 (hóur)
- 猴兒崽子 / 猴儿崽子
- 猴兒精 / 猴儿精
- 猴子 (hóuzi)
- 猴子似的
- 猴子屁股
- 猴子扮戲 / 猴子扮戏
- 猴孫王 / 猴孙王
- 猴山仔 (Min Nan)
- 猴崽子
- 猴年馬月 / 猴年马月 (hóuniánmǎyuè)
- 猴急 (hóují)
- 猴戲 / 猴戏 (hóuxì)
- 猴拳
- 猴探井
- 猴栗
- 猴棗 / 猴枣 (hóuzǎo)
- 猴猴
- 猴猻 / 猴狲 (hóusūn)
- 猴痘 (hóudòu)
- 猴皮筋
- 猴硐
- 猴筋兒 / 猴筋儿 (hóujīnr)
- 猴腦 / 猴脑 (hóunǎo)
- 猴頭 / 猴头
- 猴頭菇 / 猴头菇 (hóutóugū)
- 猴頭菌 / 猴头菌
- 猴類 / 猴类
- 猴麵包樹 / 猴面包树 (hóumiànbāoshù)
- 猴齊天 / 猴齐天 (Min Nan)
- 猿猴 (yuánhóu)
- 猿猴取月
- 獅虎豹鱉猴狗象鹿 / 狮虎豹鳖猴狗象鹿
- 獮猴 / 狝猴
- 獼猴 / 猕猴 (míhóu)
- 獼猴桃 / 猕猴桃 (míhóutáo)
- 瘦猴 (Min Nan)
- 瘦皮猴 (shòupíhóu)
- 皮猴戲 / 皮猴戏 (píhóuxì)
- 眼鏡猴 / 眼镜猴 (yǎnjìnghóu)
- 着猴 (Min Nan)
- 䆀猴 (Min Nan)
- 紅毛猴 / 红毛猴 (hóngmáohóu)
- 絹猴 / 绢猴
- 羊毛猴
- 老猴
- 耍猴兒 / 耍猴儿
- 草猴 (Min Nan)
- 蝦猴 / 虾猴 (hê-kâu) (Min Nan)
- 衣冠沐猴
- 調猴兒 / 调猴儿
- 貓猴 / 猫猴
- 金絲猴 / 金丝猴 (jīnsīhóu)
- 長尾猴 / 长尾猴
- 阿猴 (Āhóu)
- 非洲綠猴 / 非洲绿猴
- 麵猴 / 面猴 (Min Nan)
See also
- (Chinese zodiac signs) (~年) 鼠 (shǔ), 牛 (niú), 虎 (hǔ), 兔 (tù), 龍／龙 (lóng), 蛇 (shé), 馬／马 (mǎ), 羊 (yáng), 猴 (hóu), 雞／鸡 (jī), 狗 (gǒu), 豬／猪 (zhū) (Category: zh:Chinese zodiac signs)
References
- “猴”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- “猴”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
Japanese
Kanji
猴
- monkey
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