猴急

Chinese

		monkey	hurried; worried
trad. (猴急)		猴	急
simp. #(猴急)		猴	急
alternative forms		喉急
Literally: “eager as a monkey”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóují

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˊ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁴ gap¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóují
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˊ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóují
    • Wade–Giles: hou²-chi²
    • Yale: hóu-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hourjyi
    • Palladius: хоуцзи (xouczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóurjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˊㄦ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóurjí
    • Wade–Giles: hou²-ʼrh-chi²
    • Yale: hóur-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hourljyi
    • Palladius: хоурцзи (xourczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁴ gap¹
    • Yale: hàuh gāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁴ gap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁴ geb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²¹ kɐp̚⁵/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 猴急

1. overeager; impatient; (too) keen; quick-tempered

   別猴急／别猴急  ―  bié hóují  ―  hold your horses