猴 (hóu) means “monkey” | MotiTan Chinese Dictionary

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森林里可以看到一群猴子在一起活动。sēn lín lǐ ké yǐ kàn dào yì qún hóu zi zài yì qǐ huó dòng

In the forest, you can see a group of monkeys moving around together.

A quick, agile tree-climbing primate, always alert as it searches and moves.

猴子hóu zi: A small monkey with a tail, commonly referred to in everyday speech.

指一种机灵、好动、常在树上觅食和攀爬的灵长类动物。zhǐ yì zhǒng jī líng hào dòng cháng zài shù shàng mì shí hé pān pá de líng zhǎng lèi dòng wù

猴 (hóu, "monkey") combines 犭 (quǎn, "dog") + 侯 (hóu, "marquis"), with 犭 marking an animal and 侯 supplying the sound.

Chinese often leaves number and plurality to context, so 猴 (hóu, "monkey") can refer to one or more animals when no number or measure word is stated.