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- Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
- to get a monkey to perform tricks
- to put on a monkey show
- to make fun of sb
- to tease
- (Tw) to catch an adulterous man in the act (from Taiwanese 掠猴, Tai-lo pr. [lia̍h-kâu])
Trad. 長鼻猴
- proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), aka long-nosed monkey
Trad. 金絲猴
- golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
Trad. 恆河猴
- rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)
- rhesus monkey
- lit. river Ganges monkey of north India
Trad. 殺雞儆猴
- lit. to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom)
- fig. to punish an individual as an example to others
Trad. 殺雞嚇猴
- see 殺雞儆猴|杀鸡儆猴[sha1 ji1 jing3 hou2]
Trad. 殺雞駭猴
- see 殺雞儆猴|杀鸡儆猴[sha1 ji1 jing3 hou2]
- "monkey steals the peach" (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizing his testicles with the other
- (coll.) grabbing sb by the balls
Trad. 猴年馬月
- long time off
- time that will never come
- lit. a monkey wearing a hat (idiom)
- fig. worthless person in imposing attire
Trad. 猴麵包樹
- boabab tree
- monkey-bread tree
- Adansonia digitata (botany)
Trad. 殺雞給猴看
- lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others