猿猴 (yuán hóu) — apes and monkeys | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

apes and monkeys

Measure word · 只

猿猴。
Kē xué jiā yán jiū yuán hóu de xíng wéi.
Scientists study the behavior of apes and monkeys.
，猿猴。
Zài dòng wù yuán lǐ, hái zi men zuì xǐ huan kàn yuán hóu.
At the zoo, children like watching apes and monkeys the most.
猿猴。
yuán hóu Hé rén lèi yǒu gòng tóng de zǔ xiān.
Apes and monkeys share a common ancestor with humans.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

猿 names apes and 猴 names monkeys, so together they refer broadly to these animals.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

犭袁猿

Meaning part形符xíngfú

犭Written in full as犬quǎn

Sound part声符shēngfú

袁

袁yuán猿yuán

Same sound today

The left part 犭, written in full as 犬, shows an animal; the right part 袁 gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

犭侯猴

Meaning part形符xíngfú

犭Written in full as犬quǎn

Sound part声符shēngfú

侯

侯hóu猴hóu(r)

Same sound today

猴 pairs 犭, the animal part, with 侯, which gives the sound.