cháng
yuán

technical

Meaning of 长臂猿

长臂猿 means gibbon; a small ape with long arms, no tail. Pronounced cháng bì yuán.

  • gibbon; a small ape with long arms, no tail

Definitions & Examples

Cháng
yuán
shì
yōu
xiù
de
shù
dòng
 
néng
líng
qiǎo
de
zài
shù
jiān
bǎi
dàng
 

Gibbons are excellent arboreal animals, adept at swinging between trees.

Zhè
zhǒng
bái
zhǎng
cháng
yuán
shēng
huó
zài
dōng
nán
de
lín
 

This species of white-handed gibbon lives in the rainforests of Southeast Asia.

Yóu
huài
 
duō
cháng
yuán
zhǒng
qún
zhèng
miàn
lín
miè
jué
de
wēi
xiǎn
 

Due to habitat destruction, many gibbon populations are in danger of extinction.

Zǎo
shang
zài
sēn
lín
néng
tīng
dào
cháng
yuán
de
jiào
shēng
 

In the morning, you can hear the calls of gibbons in the forest.

Zhè
zhī
cháng
yuán
de
zhǎn
yǒu
shēn
cháng
de
liǎng
bèi
 

This gibbon's armspan is almost twice the length of its body.

Measure Words

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Primary
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/ qún