Chinese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From 胡孫／胡孙 (húsūn, “descendants of Hu barbarians”), because macaque faces were said to resemble those of people from the Hu regions.
Pronunciation[edit]
猢猻
- monkey; macaque
Synonyms[edit]
- (macaque): 沐猴 (mùhóu), 獼猴／猕猴 (míhóu), 猱 (náo)
- (monkey):
Dialectal synonyms of
猴子 (“monkey”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
猴
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
猴, 猴子
|
| Taxonomic name
|
猴
|
| Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
猴兒, 猴子, 猴三兒
|
| Taiwan
|
猴子
|
| Tianjin
|
猴兒
|
| Chengde
|
猴子
|
| Tangshan
|
猴子, 猴兒
|
| Cangzhou
|
猴兒
|
| Baoding
|
猴兒
|
| Shijiazhuang
|
猴兒
|
| Ulanhot
|
猴子
|
| Tongliao
|
猴子
|
| Chifeng
|
猴子
|
| Bayanhot
|
猴子
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
猴子
|
| Heihe
|
猴子
|
| Qiqihar
|
猴子, 猴兒
|
| Harbin
|
猴子, 猴兒
|
| Jiamusi
|
猴子
|
| Baicheng
|
猴子
|
| Changchun
|
猴子
|
| Tonghua
|
猴子
|
| Shenyang
|
猴子, 猴兒
|
| Dandong
|
猴子, 猴兒
|
| Jinzhou
|
猴子, 猴兒
|
| Dalian
|
猴子
|
| Yantai
|
猴子
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
猴子, 猴兒
|
| Qingdao
|
猴子, 猴兒
|
| Lijin
|
猴子
|
| Zhucheng
|
猴子
|
| Jinan
|
猴子, 猴兒, 猴三兒
|
| Jining
|
猴子
|
| Luoyang
|
猴三兒
|
| Wanrong
|
猴
|
| Shangqiu
|
猴子, 猴兒
|
| Yuanyang
|
猴兒, 猴
|
| Zhengzhou
|
猴兒
|
| Lingbao
|
猴兒
|
| Xinyang
|
猴子
|
| Baihe
|
猴子
|
| Hanzhong
|
猴子
|
| Xi'an
|
猴, 猴娃兒
|
| Baoji
|
猴
|
| Yinchuan
|
猴, 猴子
|
| Tianshui
|
猴兒
|
| Lanzhou
|
猴兒, 猴子
|
| Dunhuang
|
猴兒
|
| Xining
|
猴兒
|
| Hami
|
猴子
|
| Ürümqi
|
猴, 猴娃子, 猴子
|
| Wuhan
|
猴子
|
| Huanggang
|
猴子
|
| Yichang
|
猴子, 猴兒
|
| Xiangyang
|
猴子, 猴三兒
|
| Tianmen
|
猴子
|
| Hong'an
|
猴子, 猴
|
| Chengdu
|
猴子, 猴, 猴三兒
|
| Nanchong
|
猴子
|
| Dazhou
|
猴兒, 猴三兒, 三兒
|
| Hanyuan
|
猴子
|
| Xichang
|
猴子
|
| Zigong
|
猴子, 猴三兒
|
| Chongqing
|
猴子, 猴三兒
|
| Guiyang
|
猴子, 猴三
|
| Zunyi
|
猴三兒
|
| Bijie
|
猴子, 猴三兒
|
| Liping
|
猴子, 猴子老三
|
| Zhaotong
|
猴子, 猴三兒
|
| Dali
|
猴子
|
| Kunming
|
猴子, 猴猻兒
|
| Mengzi
|
猴三
|
| Guilin
|
猴子
|
| Liuzhou
|
猴子, 馬騮, 跳山子 jargon
|
| Nanning (Wuming)
|
猴子, 馬騮
|
| Jishou
|
猴子
|
| Changde
|
猴子
|
| Anqing
|
猴子
|
| Xuzhou
|
猴子
|
| Fuyang
|
猴子
|
| Wuhu
|
猴子
|
| Yangzhou
|
猴子
|
| Lianyungang
|
猴子
|
| Lianshui
|
猴子
|
| Nanjing
|
猴子
|
| Hefei
|
猴子
|
| Nantong
|
猴兒
|
| Malaysia
|
猴, 猴子
|
| Singapore
|
猴子, 猴
|
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
猴, 猴兒
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
馬騮, 阿三, 馬騮三
|
| Hong Kong
|
馬騮
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
馬騮
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
馬騮
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
馬騮
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
猴仔
|
| Macau
|
馬騮
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
馬騮
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
馬騮
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
馬騮
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
馬騮
|
| Foshan
|
馬騮
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
馬騮
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
馬騮
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
馬騮
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
馬騮
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
馬騮
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan)
|
馬騮
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
|
馬騮
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
馬騮
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
馬騮
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
馬騮
|
| Taishan
|
馬騮
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
馬騮
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
馬騮
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
馬騮
|
| Dongguan
|
馬騮
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
馬騮
|
| Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
猴仔
|
| Qingyuan
|
馬騮
|
| Fogang
|
馬騮
|
| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
馬騮
|
| Yangshan
|
馬騮
|
| Lianshan (Butian)
|
馬騮
|
| Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
|
馬騮
|
| Shaoguan
|
馬騮
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
馬騮
|
| Renhua
|
馬騮
|
| Lechang
|
馬騮
|
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
馬騮
|
| Sihui
|
馬騮
|
| Guangning
|
馬騮
|
| Deqing
|
馬騮
|
| Huaiji
|
馬騮
|
| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
馬騮
|
| Yunfu
|
馬騮
|
| Xinxing
|
馬騮
|
| Luoding
|
馬騮
|
| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
馬騮
|
| Yangjiang
|
馬騮
|
| Xinyi
|
馬騮
|
| Lianjiang
|
馬騮
|
| Nanning
|
馬騮
|
| Wuzhou
|
馬騮
|
| Yulin
|
馬騮
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
馬騮
|
| Hepu (Shatian)
|
馬騮
|
| Guiping
|
馬騮
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
馬騮
|
| Guigang (Nanjiang)
|
馬騮
|
| Beiliu (Tangliao)
|
馬騮
|
| Baise
|
馬騮
|
| Bobai
|
馬騮
|
| Lingshan
|
馬騮
|
| Pubei
|
馬騮
|
| Qinzhou
|
馬騮
|
| Beihai
|
馬騮
|
| Beihai (Nankang)
|
馬騮
|
| Beihai (Yingpan)
|
馬騮
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
馬騮
|
| Ningming
|
馬騮
|
| Hengzhou
|
馬騮
|
| Hezhou (Pumen)
|
馬騮
|
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
馬騮
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
馬騮
|
| Penang (Guangfu)
|
馬騮
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
馬騮
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
馬騮
|
| Móng Cái
|
馬騮
|
| Yangon (Taishan)
|
馬騮
|
| Mandalay (Taishan)
|
馬騮
|
| Bangkok (Guangfu)
|
馬騮
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
猴子
|
| Lichuan
|
扤猻
|
| Pingxiang
|
猴子
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
猴哥
|
| Xingning
|
猴哥
|
| Dabu (Xihe)
|
猴哥
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
猴哥, 猴, 馬騮
|
| Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
|
猴仔
|
| Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
|
猴
|
| Huiyang
|
猴仔
|
| Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
|
馬騮
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
猴哥
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
猴哥仔
|
| Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
|
猴哩
|
| Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)
|
馬騮
|
| Boluo (Bendihua)
|
猴哎, 猴仔, 猴哥
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
猴哥仔
|
| Zengcheng (Zhengguo)
|
猴哥
|
| Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
|
馬騮
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
馬騮
|
| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
猴哩
|
| Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
猴哩, 猴哥
|
| Wuhua (Changbu)
|
猴哩
|
| Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
猴哩
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
猴, 猴咧
|
| Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
|
猴哥
|
| Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
|
猴哎
|
| Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
|
猴哎
|
| Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
|
猴蒂
|
| Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
|
猴
|
| Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
|
猴
|
| Wengyuan
|
滑哥
|
| Nanxiong (Zhuji)
|
猴咧
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
滑哥
|
| Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
|
猴
|
| Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
|
猴仔
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
馬騮
|
| Liannan
|
馬騮
|
| Conghua (Lütian)
|
猴仔, 馬騮
|
| Jiexi
|
猴
|
| Luhe
|
猴仔
|
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
猴子
|
| Changting
|
猴哥, 猴哩
|
| Yongding
|
猴子
|
| Yongding (Xiayang)
|
猴哥, 猴
|
| Yongding (Gaobei)
|
猴哥
|
| Yongding (Hukeng)
|
猴哥
|
| Wuping
|
猴哥, 猴子
|
| Wuping (Zhongshan)
|
猴
|
| Wuping (Yanqian)
|
猴子
|
| Wuping (Wudong)
|
猴子
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
猴哥
|
| Liancheng
|
猴哥
|
| Liancheng (Peitian)
|
猴
|
| Liancheng (Zhongbao)
|
猴
|
| Liancheng (Laiyuan)
|
猴
|
| Ninghua
|
猴子
|
| Yudu
|
猴子
|
| Ningdu
|
猴子
|
| Ruijin
|
猴子
|
| Shicheng
|
猴子
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
猴子
|
| Tonggu (Sandu)
|
猴子
|
| Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
猴子
|
| Dayu
|
猴哩
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
猴哥, 猴仔
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
猴哥, 猴仔
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
猴哥, 猴仔
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
猴哥, 猴
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
猴哥, 猴仔, 猴
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
猴
|
| Hong Kong
|
猴哥, 馬騮, 猴仔
|
| Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
馬騮
|
| Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
猴仔
|
| Xinyi (Sihe)
|
馬騮
|
| Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
馬騮
|
| Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
猴, 馬騮
|
| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
馬騮
|
| Huazhou (Xin'an)
|
馬騮
|
| Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
馬騮
|
| Lianjiang (Qingping)
|
馬騮
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
馬騮
|
| Luchuan
|
馬騮
|
| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
馬騮
|
| Beiliu (Tang'an)
|
馬騮
|
| Mashan (Pianlian)
|
馬騮
|
| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
猴哥, 馬騮, 馬騮仔
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
|
猴哥
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
猴哥
|
| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
|
猴哥, 山猴
|
| Singkawang
|
猴
|
| Singapore (Meixian)
|
猴哥
|
| Singapore (Dabu)
|
猴哥子
|
| Bangkok (Meixian)
|
猴哥
|
| Bangkok (Fengshun)
|
猴
|
| Bangkok (Jiexi)
|
猴子
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
猴猻
|
| Shexian
|
猴猻, 猢猻, 猻猴, 猴
|
| Tunxi
|
猴猻
|
| Xiuning
|
猴猻
|
| Yixian
|
猴猻
|
| Qimen
|
猴子
|
| Wuyuan
|
猴猻
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
毛猴兒, 毛猴, 猴兒
|
| Pingyao
|
猴兒
|
| Yangyuan
|
猴子
|
| Datong
|
猴兒
|
| Xinzhou
|
毛猴兒, 猴兒
|
| Lishi
|
猴子, 猴兒
|
| Linfen
|
毛猴
|
| Changzhi
|
猴子
|
| Taibus (Baochang)
|
猴子
|
| Linhe
|
毛猴子, 猴子
|
| Jining
|
猴子
|
| Hohhot
|
猴兒, 猴子
|
| Baotou
|
猴子
|
| Dongsheng
|
猴子
|
| Haibowan
|
猴兒
|
| Erenhot
|
猴子
|
| Pingshan
|
猴兒
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
猴兒
|
| Handan
|
猴兒
|
| Linzhou
|
猴
|
| Suide
|
毛猴兒, 猴兒
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
猴屄, 猴
|
| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
猴
|
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
猴
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
猴仔
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
猴, 猴囝
|
| Fuqing
|
猴, 猴囝
|
| Matsu
|
猴
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
猴, 猴仔, 老猴
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
猴仔
|
| Quanzhou
|
猴
|
| Zhangzhou
|
猴, 猴仔
|
| Zhao'an
|
猴仔
|
| Dongshan
|
猴
|
| Taipei
|
猴, 猴山仔
|
| Taipei (Wanhua)
|
猴仔
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
猴, 猴山
|
| Kaohsiung
|
猴, 猴山仔
|
| Yilan
|
猴, 猴山仔
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
猴山仔, 猴仔, 猴
|
| Taichung
|
猴, 猴山仔
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
猴山仔
|
| Tainan
|
猴, 猴山仔
|
| Taitung
|
猴仔
|
| Hsinchu
|
猴, 猴山仔
|
| Kinmen
|
猴
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
猴, 猴山
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
猴, 老猴
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
老猴, 猴, 猴仔
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
猴, 老猴
|
| Medan (Hokkien)
|
老猴
|
| Zhangping
|
猴
|
| Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
猴
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
馬騮
|
| Chaozhou
|
老猴, 猴
|
| Shantou
|
猴
|
| Jieyang
|
猴
|
| Haifeng
|
老猴
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
猴
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
老猴
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
老猴, 猴
|
| Leizhou
|
狗猻, 三哥
|
| Wenchang
|
猴猻
|
| Haikou
|
猴猻
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
紅猴, 猴
|
| Putian (Donghai)
|
紅猴
|
| Putian (Jiangkou)
|
紅猴
|
| Putian (Nanri)
|
紅猴
|
| Xianyou
|
紅猴
|
| Xianyou (Fengting)
|
紅猴
|
| Xianyou (Youyang)
|
紅猴
|
| Fuding (Aoyao)
|
猴
|
| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
猴
|
| Sanyuan
|
猴
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Shaxi (Longdu)
|
馬騮
|
| Sanxiang
|
馬騮
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
馬騮
|
| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
猴子
|
| Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
猴
|
| Fuding
|
猴
|
| Luoyuan
|
猴
|
| Sanming
|
猴
|
| Shunchang
|
猴
|
| Hua'an
|
猴
|
| Guixi (Zhangping)
|
猴
|
| Cangnan
|
猴
|
| Jingning
|
猴
|
| Lishui
|
猴
|
| Longyou
|
猴
|
| Chaozhou
|
猴
|
| Fengshun
|
猴
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
活猻
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
活猻
|
| Suzhou
|
活猻
|
| Wuxi
|
活猻
|
| Danyang
|
猴子
|
| Hangzhou
|
活猻, 猴子
|
| Ningbo
|
活猻
|
| Wenzhou
|
猴大
|
| Jinhua
|
活猻, 猴子
|
| Jinhua (Tangxi)
|
活猻
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
猴子, 疤屁股
|
| Loudi
|
猴子
|
| Shuangfeng
|
猴子, 猴猻
|
| Quanzhou
|
猴子
|
Derived terms[edit]
