# 猴

| 猴 | U+7334, &#29492; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7334 |
| ← 猳 [U+7333] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 猵 → [U+7335] |

## Translingual
### Han character

猴 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大竹人弓大 (KHONK), four-corner 4723$_4$, 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
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 猴 :
| Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 緱 | *koː, *koː |
| 侯 | *ɡoː |
| 喉 | *ɡoː |
| 猴 | *ɡoː |
| 瘊 | *ɡoː |
| 篌 | *ɡoː |
| 糇 | *ɡoː |
| 帿 | *ɡoː |
| 睺 | *ɡoː, *ɡoːs |
| 矦 | *ɡoː |
| 餱 | *ɡoː |
| 翭 | *ɡoː |
| 葔 | *ɡoː |
| 鄇 | *ɡoː, *ɡoːs |
| 鍭 | *ɡoː, *ɡoːs |
| 鯸 | *ɡoː |
| 候 | *ɡoːs |
| 堠 | *ɡoːs |
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
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): hóu (hou$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hou$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ху (hu, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hau$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): heu$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): heu$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hèu
    (Hailu, HRS): heu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hêu$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): gě
* Eastern Min (BUC): gàu / hèu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gao$^2$ / gaoⁿ$^2$ / hieo$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hiô / hô͘ / kâu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gao$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gheu
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): hou$^2$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): hou$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hóu
*** Wade–Giles: hou$^2$
*** Yale: hóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hour
*** Palladius: хоу (xou)
*** Sinological IPA : /xoʊ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (猴兒 / 猴儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hóur
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hóur
*** Wade–Giles: hou$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: hóur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hourl
*** Palladius: хоур (xour)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: hou$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xou
*** Sinological IPA : /xəu²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ху (hu, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /xou²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hau$^4$
*** Yale: hàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐu̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: heu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /heu²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: heu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɛu²⁴/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hèu
*** Hakka Romanization System: heu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: heu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /heu̯¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: heu
*** Sinological IPA: /heu⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hêu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /heu¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gě
*** Sinological IPA : /ke²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gàu / hèu
*** Sinological IPA : /kau⁵³/, /hɛu⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gao$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gáu
*** Sinological IPA : /kau¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gaoⁿ$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kãũ¹³/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hieo$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: há̤u
*** Sinological IPA : /hieu¹³/
* gao2/gaoⁿ2 - vernacular;
* hieo2 - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit猴 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /xou³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /xou²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /xou⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /xou⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /xou⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /xou⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /xou²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /xɯ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /xəu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /xou⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /xɤu⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /xəu²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /xəu³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /xəu²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /xəu³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /xəɯ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /xɯ⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /xəu¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /xəu¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /xəu³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɦɤ²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ɦɤ¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ɦui²¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ɦou³¹/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /xiu⁴⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /siu⁴⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /xəu¹³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ɦəɯ¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /hɛu²⁴/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /heu¹¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /heu¹¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hɐu²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /hɐu²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /hɐu²¹/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /hɔ³⁵/ /kau³⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kau⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ke²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /kau⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /hɔu³¹/ /kau³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: huw
Rime :
| Character | 猴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 戸鉤切 |
| Baxter | huw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦəu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦəu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦəw/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣu/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣəu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hóu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-ɡˤ(r)o/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡoː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 猴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hóu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ huw › |
| Old Chinese | /*mə-ɡˁ(r)o/ |
| English | monkey |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 猴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5141 |
| Phonetic component | 侯 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*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):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 猴 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 猴, 猴子 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 猴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 猴兒, 猴子, 猴三兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 猴子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 猴子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 猴子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 猴子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 猴子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 猴子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 猴子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 猴子, 猴兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 猴子, 猴兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 猴子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 猴子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 猴子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 猴子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 猴子, 猴兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 猴子, 猴兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 猴, 猴子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 猴子, 猴 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 猴兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 猴子, 猴兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 猴兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 猴兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 猴兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 猴子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 猴子, 猴兒, 猴三兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 猴子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 猴子, 猴兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 猴子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 猴子, 猴兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 猴子, 猴兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 猴子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 猴三兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 猴兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 猴子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 猴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 毛猴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 猴子, 猴兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 猴兒, 猴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 猴兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 猴子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 猴子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 猴, 猴娃兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 猴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 猴兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 猴兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 猴子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 猴子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 猴, 猴兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 猴, 猴子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 猴子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 猴兒, 猴子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 猴兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 猴子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 猴, 猴娃子, 猴子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 猴子, 猴, 猴三兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 猴子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 猴兒, 猴三兒, 三兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 猴子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 猴子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 猴子, 猴三兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 猴子, 猴三兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 猴子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 猴子, 猴兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 猴子, 猴三兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 猴子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 猴子, 猴三 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 猴三兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 猴子, 猴三兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 猴子, 猴子老三 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 猴子, 猴三兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 猴子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 猴子, 猴猻兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 猴三 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 猴子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 猴子, 馬騮, 跳山子 jargon |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 猴子, 馬騮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 猴子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 猴子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 猴子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 猴子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 猴子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 猴子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 猴子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 猴兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 猴子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 猴子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 猴子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 猴子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 猴子, 猴 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 馬騮, 阿三, 馬騮三 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 猴仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 猴仔 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Yangon (Taishan) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 馬騮 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 馬騮 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 猴子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 扤猻 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 猴子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 猴哥 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 猴哥 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 猴哥 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 猴哥, 猴, 馬騮 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 猴仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 猴 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 猴仔 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 馬騮 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 猴哥 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 猴哥仔 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 猴哩 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 馬騮 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 猴哎, 猴仔, 猴哥 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 猴哥仔 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 猴哥 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 馬騮 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 馬騮 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 猴哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 猴哩, 猴哥 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 猴哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 猴哩 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 猴, 猴咧 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 猴哥 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 猴哎 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 猴哎 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 猴蒂 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 猴 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 猴 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 滑哥 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 猴咧 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 滑哥 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 猴 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 猴仔 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 馬騮 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 馬騮 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 猴仔, 馬騮 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 猴 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 猴仔 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 猴子 |
| Hakka | Changting | 猴哥, 猴哩 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 猴子 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 猴哥, 猴 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 猴哥 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 猴哥 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 猴哥, 猴子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Zhongshan) | 猴 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 猴子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Wudong) | 猴子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 猴哥 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 猴哥 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 猴 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 猴 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 猴 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 猴子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 猴子 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 猴子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 猴子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 猴子 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 猴子 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 猴子 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 猴子 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 猴哩 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 猴仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) | 猴仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) | 猴仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) | 猴仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) | 猴仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) | 猴仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) | 猴仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 猴仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 猴仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 猴仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 猴仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 猴仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 猴仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 猴哥, 猴仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 猴哥, 猴 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 猴哥, 猴仔, 猴 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 猴 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 猴 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 猴哥, 馬騮, 猴仔 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 馬騮 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 猴仔 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 馬騮 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 馬騮 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 猴, 馬騮 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 馬騮 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 馬騮 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 馬騮 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 馬騮 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 馬騮 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 馬騮 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 馬騮 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 馬騮 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 馬騮 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 猴哥, 馬騮, 馬騮仔 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 猴哥 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 猴哥 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 猴哥, 山猴 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 猴 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Meixian) | 猴哥 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 猴哥子 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 猴哥 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 猴 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 猴子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 猴猻 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 猴猻, 猢猻, 猻猴, 猴 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 猴猻 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 猴猻 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 猴猻 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 猴子 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 猴猻 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 毛猴兒, 毛猴, 猴兒 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 猴兒 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 猴子 |
| Jin | Datong | 猴兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 毛猴兒, 猴兒 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 猴子, 猴兒 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 猴子 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 猴子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 毛猴子, 猴子 |
| Jin | Jining | 猴子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 猴兒, 猴子 |
| Jin | Baotou | 猴子 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 猴子 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 猴兒 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 猴子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 猴兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 猴兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 猴兒 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 猴 |
| Jin | Suide | 毛猴兒, 猴兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 猴屄, 猴 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 猴 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 猴 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 猴仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 猴, 猴囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 猴, 猴囝 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 猴 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 猴, 猴仔, 老猴 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 猴仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 猴 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 猴, 猴仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 猴仔 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 猴 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 猴, 猴山仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 猴仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 猴, 猴山 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 猴, 猴山仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 猴, 猴山仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 猴山仔, 猴仔, 猴 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 猴, 猴山仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 猴山仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 猴, 猴山仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 猴仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 猴, 猴山仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 猴 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 猴, 猴山 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 猴, 老猴 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 老猴, 猴, 猴仔 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 猴, 老猴 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 老猴 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 猴 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 猴 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 馬騮 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 老猴, 猴 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 猴 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 猴 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 老猴 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 猴 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 老猴 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 老猴, 猴 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 狗猻, 三哥 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 猴猻 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 猴猻 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 紅猴, 猴 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 紅猴 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 紅猴 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 紅猴 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 紅猴 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 紅猴 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 紅猴 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 猴 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 猴 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 猴 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 馬騮 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 馬騮 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 馬騮 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 猴子 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 猴 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 猴 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 猴 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 猴 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 猴 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 猴 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 猴 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 猴 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 猴 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 猴 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 猴 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 猴 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 猴 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 活猻 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 活猻 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 活猻 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 活猻 |
| Wu | Danyang | 猴子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 活猻, 猴子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 活猻 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 猴大 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 活猻, 猴子 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 活猻 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 猴子, 疤屁股 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 猴子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 猴子, 猴猻 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 猴子 |
* (male paramour):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 情夫, 姘夫 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 拐漢子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 孤老 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 後男人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | 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 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 情夫, 契家佬 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 契家佬 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 野老公 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 野老公 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 野老公 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 契哥, 老緣 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 野漢, 野漢子 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 契兄 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 契兄 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 契兄 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 契兄 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 契兄 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 契兄, 猴 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 契兄, 猴 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 契兄 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 契兄 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 契兄, 猴 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 契兄 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 契兄, 猴 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 契兄 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 契兄 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 契兄 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老契公 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 漢郎頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 孤老, 孤老野漢 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 野老公 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 野老倌, 野老公 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 野男人 |
| Xiang | 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
* 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
* 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)

### References

* “猴”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 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

(Hyōgai kanji)
* monkey

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぐ (gu)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* On: ご (go)
* Kun: さる (saru, 猴)

## Korean
### Hanja

猴 (eum 후 (hu))
* monkey, macaque

#### Derived terms

* 다래 (darae)
* 등리 (藤梨, deungni, “literally, vine pear”)
* 미후도 (獼猴桃, mihudo, “kiwifruit, Chinese gooseberry, literally, macaque peach”) Synonyms:
** 양도 (羊桃, yangdo, “literally, goat peach”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

猴: Hán Nôm readings: hầu
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