中猴

zhōnghóu

noun

Meanings

1 (paleontology) "middle monkey" — Mesopithecus, a Late Miocene–Pliocene Old World monkey genus; generally a fragment in news corpora

Characters

middle; central

Examples

化石表明中猴曾广泛分布于欧亚大陆。

Huàshí biǎomíng zhōnghóu céng guǎngfàn fēnbù yú Ōu-Yà dàlù.

Fossils show that Mesopithecus was once widespread across Eurasia.

这些中猴化石有助于研究灵长类演化。

Zhèxiē zhōnghóu huàshí yǒu zhù yú yánjiū língzhǎnglèi yǎnhuà.

These Mesopithecus fossils help the study of primate evolution.

Tips

usage

Not in CC-CEDICT or Xinhua as a general word. 中猴 corresponds to the paleontology calque for Mesopithecus ("middle monkey," a Miocene–Pliocene colobine). In news-corpus frequency lists it may also be a fragment of longer strings such as 中猴头菌 or 中猴桃. Read 中 as zhōng.

Stroke Order

中 zhōng

猴 hóu