Definitions

guǒ monkey

Etymology phono-semantic

animal

Semantic: Phonetic:

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The character is a phono-semantic compound: the left-side radical (animal) categorizes it as a mammal, while the right-side component provides the pronunciation. Its meaning is confined to zoological nomenclature, where it serves as a bound morpheme for certain primates, as in the compound for macaques. Created for technical or descriptive texts, it has no extended or abstract senses and rarely appears outside biological references.

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他是猡族人。

Tā shì luǒluó zú rén.

He is a member of the Lolo ethnic group.

猡族生活在云南。

Luǒluó zú shēnghuó zài Yúnnán.

The Lolo people live in Yunnan.

猡族的传统服饰很漂亮。

Luǒluó zú de chuántǒng fúshì hěn piàoliang.

The traditional clothing of the Lolo people is very beautiful.

我们学习猡族的历史文化。

Wǒmen xuéxí luǒluó zú de lìshǐ wénhuà.

We study the history and culture of the Lolo people.

猡族庆祝节日时跳舞唱歌。

Luǒluó zú qìngzhù jiérì shí tiàowǔ chànggē.

The Lolo people dance and sing when celebrating festivals.

猡族的语言属于彝语支。

Luǒluó zú de yǔyán shǔyú yíyǔzhī.

The language of the Lolo people belongs to the Yi language branch.

虽然猡族人口不多,但他们的文化丰富多样。

Suīrán luǒluó zú rénkǒu bù duō, dàn tāmen de wénhuà fēngfù duōyàng.

Although the Lolo population is not large, their culture is rich and diverse.

研究者深入山区调查猡族的社会结构。

Yánjiū zhě shēnrù shānqū diàochá luǒluó zú de shèhuì jiégòu.

Researchers go deep into the mountainous areas to investigate the social structure of the Lolo people.