Peking ape-man; Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in Zhoukoudian 周口店 in 1921
长臂猿長臂猿chang2 bi4 yuan2
gibbon; Hylobatidae (gibbon and lesser ape family)
黑冠长臂猿黑冠長臂猿hei1 guan1 chang2 bi4 yuan2
black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus)
玃猿玃猿jue2 yuan2
legendary ape of Sichuan and Yunnan, with a penchant for carrying off girls
类人猿類人猿lei4 ren2 yuan2
hominid
笼鸟槛猿籠鳥檻猿long2 niao3 jian4 yuan2
bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner
南方古猿南方古猿nan2 fang1 gu3 yuan2
Australopithecus
人猿人猿ren2 yuan2
orangutan
无尾猿無尾猿wu2 wei3 yuan2
ape
心猿意马心猿意馬xin1 yuan2 yi4 ma3
lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (derog.); to have ants in one's pants; hyperactive; adventurous and uncontrollable
猿臂猿臂yuan2 bi4
arms like those of an ape — muscular, or long and dexterous
猿猴猿猴yuan2 hou2
apes and monkeys
猿玃猿玃yuan2 jue2
legendary ape of Sichuan and Yunnan, with a penchant for carrying off girls