apeman; the earliest form of humans from the early Paleolithic period, characterized by the ability to walk upright, use fire, and make simple tools

anthropoid ape; also used as a short form for [[类人猿|類人猿|lei4 ren2 yuan2]]

apes and monkeys; monkeys and similar primates

a small, long-armed ape of the family Hylobatidae, native to the tropical rainforests of South and Southeast Asia

(idiom) restless and fickle; literally "heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a galloping horse", describing someone who is capricious, hyperactive, or unable to concentrate; also written [[意马心猿|意馬心猿|yi4 ma3 xin1 yuan2]]

Peking Man; an early human relative discovered in Zhoukoudian, China, dating to around 700,000 to 200,000 years ago

Ape belonging to the families of gibbons and hominids that most closely resemble humans in physical structure and behavior; includes gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans

The common ancestor of humans and modern apes, specifically referencing paleolithic apes or those known from fossils.

genus of extinct hominids that lived in Africa during the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene epochs

an extinct genus of hominid from the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene epochs; southern ape

An early subspecies of Homo erectus discovered in 1963 in Lantian County, Shaanxi Province, China. Their physical features are considered more primitive than those of [[北京猿人|北京猿人|bei3 jing1 yuan2 ren2]] or Java Man.

to have a mind like a horse or a monkey; used to describe someone who is indecisive, wavering, or unable to control their straying thoughts; same as [[心猿意马|心猿意馬|xin1 yuan2 yi4 ma3]]

Fossil remains of an early hominid from the early Paleolithic period discovered in 1965 in Yuanmou County, Yunnan Province; also called [[元谋人|元謀人|yuan2 mou2 ren2]]

extinct primates belonging to the ape family that are preserved in the fossil record

fossilized great ape or ancient hominoid, typically referring to extinct primate species related to the ancestors of modern humans

gorilla, any of the largest living primates

a legendary ape-like creature of Sichuan and Yunnan said to carry off girls

the ape family; primate species including apes and their relatives

long and dexterous arms like those of an ape; muscular and powerful arms

A literary metaphor for soldiers and civilians who die in battle or during the chaos of war

soldiers who died in battle or civilians killed in the chaos of war; literally refers to the legend of an army being transformed into apes, cranes, insects, and sand

a legendary ape of Sichuan and Yunnan known in folklore for kidnapping women

(Internet slang) a self-deprecating term for a computer programmer; a play on the word [[程序员|程序員|cheng2 xu4 yuan2]] substituting the character for "ape"

bird in a basket or monkey in a cage; a metaphor for someone who has lost their freedom

black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor)