Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

ape

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “xing” becomes a different word in each tone. 猩 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 猩猩xīng xingorangutan; (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin
  • 猩化xīng huà(slang) (of a dialect) to be corrupted by Standard Mandarin
  • 猩红xīng hóngscarlet
  • 猩红色xīng hóng sèscarlet (color)
  • 猩红热xīng hóng rèscarlet fever

Example Sentence

大猩猩是一种十分聪明的动物。Dà xīng xing shì yì zhǒng shí fēn cōng míng de dòng wù.The gorilla is a very intelligent animal.

大猩猩Dà xīng xinggorillashìis一种yì zhǒngone kind of十分shí fēnvery聪明cōng míngintelligentdeof动物dòng wùanimal