pō​hóu

impudent monkey

  • created sense approved 泼猴/潑猴 · pō​hóu · impudent monkey — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    泼猴 / 潑猴

    pō​hóu

    impudent monkey

    An abusive term for a naughty or unreasonable monkey; often used as a nickname for Sun Wukong in "Journey to the West" or to describe a mischievous person.

    泼 (literal) → 泼/潑 · pō · unreasonable 猴 (literal) → 猴 · hóu · monkey

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense