拇指猴

mǔzhǐhóu
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea); the world's smallest monkey

Examples

HSK 5
Mǔzhǐhóu shì shìjiè shàng zuì xiǎo de hóuzi.
The pygmy marmoset is the smallest monkey in the world.
HSK 7-9
Chéngnián mǔzhǐhóu de tǐzhòng dàyuē zhǐyǒu yìbǎi kè.
An adult pygmy marmoset weighs only about 100 grams.

Tips

memory
Literally 'thumb monkey' - an adult is small enough to sit comfortably on a human thumb. Native to the western Amazon, it feeds mainly on tree sap by gnawing holes in bark and licking the exudate.

Stroke Order

zhǐ
hóu