婴猴

嬰猴
yīnghóu
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 galago
  2. 2 bush baby (small nocturnal African primate)

Examples

Yīnghóu shì yì zhǒng xiǎoxíng de yèxíngxìng língzhǎnglèi dòngwù.
The galago is a small, nocturnal primate.
Yīnghóu de jiào shēng hěn xiàng yīng'ér de tíkū.
The call of the bush baby sounds very much like a human baby crying.

Tips

memory
(infant) + (monkey) — named for its infant-like wailing cry at night, which is also the origin of the English name 'bush baby'. Both languages independently chose the same metaphor.

Stroke Order

yīng
hóu