金猴

jīnhóu

noun

Meanings

1 the Golden Monkey, a name for Sun Wukong
2 the monkey of a Year of the Monkey

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

猴年春节，商场里挂满了金猴的装饰。

Hóunián Chūnjié, shāngchǎng lǐ guàmǎn le jīnhóu de zhuāngshì.

At Spring Festival in the Year of the Monkey, the mall was hung with golden monkey decorations.

HSK 7-9

在这部动画片里，金猴挥起金箍棒，把妖怪打得落花流水。

Zài zhè bù dònghuàpiàn lǐ, jīnhóu huīqǐ jīngūbàng, bǎ yāoguai dǎ de luòhuā-liúshuǐ.

In this cartoon, the Golden Monkey swings his golden-hooped staff and sends the demons fleeing.

Tips

culture

毛泽东's 1961 line 金猴奋起千钧棒 ("the Golden Monkey rises and swings his mighty cudgel") made this name for Sun Wukong famous. In a Year of the Monkey, greetings such as 金猴贺岁 use it, with 金 adding a sense of good fortune.

Stroke Order

金 jīn

猴 hóu