拇指猴

mǔzhǐhóu
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

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

Examples

Mǔzhǐhóu shì shìjiè shàng zuì xiǎo de hóuzi.
The pygmy marmoset is the smallest monkey in the world.
Chéngnián mǔzhǐhóu de tǐzhòng dàyuē zhǐ yǒu yì bǎi 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