The Chinese word for monkey is
猴子

hóu zi

Chinese Definition

monkey
1. 名词. 猴子
Components
猴
1. monkey; ape
2. naughty child
3. (Min Nan) male paramour
4. (dialectal) to lean on someone; to pester someone
5. (dialectal) to squat like a monkey
6. (dialectal) naughty; clever
7. (Min Nan) skinny and dark-skinned; ugly as a monkey
子
1. (literary) child; offspring
2. son
獨生子 - dúshēngzǐ - only son
愛子 - àizǐ - beloved son
一子一女 - yī zǐ yī nǚ - one son and one daughter
3. (literary) descendant; posterity
4. (Christianity) the Son
5. (in compounds) person
女子 (nǚzǐ) - female; woman
6. (literary) master; teacher
7. (literary) A respectful title for teachers, usually attached after their surnames.
^孔子 (Kǒngzǐ) - Master Kong (Confucius)
^老子 (Lǎozǐ) - Laozi
8. (literary, polite) you
9. Alternative form of 籽 (seed); also its second-round simplified form.
葵花子 (kuíhuāzǐ) - sunflower seed
10. egg
魚子 (yúzǐ) - caviar
11. young; tender; small
12. Prefix attached to nouns, denoting "a part of", "belonging to" or "individual". sub-
子目錄 (zǐmùlù) - subdirectory
13. (astrology) First earthly branch: rat in the Chinese zodiac, 11th solar month, midnight (11:00 pm to 1:00 am)
14. (historical) viscount (fourth of five ranks of Chinese aristocracy under the Zhou dynasty)
15. (physics, biology) -on
16. (Min Nan) grain-like object; particle; granule
17. (Min Nan, music) rhythm
18. (Min Nan)
19. Suffix:
20. Used to nominalize.
21. 瓶子zi - píngzi - bottle
22. 刷子zi - shuāzi - brush
23. 胖子zi - pàngzi - fat person
24. (colloquial) Used in some classifiers.
25. 一下子zi - yīxiàzi - all of a sudden
26. small, round object
算盤子jí (sǹg-pôaⁿ-jí) - abacus bead, MN
27. (Xiamen, Quanzhou)
28. (Zhangzhou, Taiwan)

Translations for 子 and their definitions

猴子
1. n. monkey
2. n. (Beijing Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin, Jianghuai Mandarin, dialectal Jin, dialectal Wu) dice
3. n. (Zhongyuan Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin, dialectal Gan, dialectal Hakka, dialectal Jin) praying mantis
4. n. (dialectal Wu) boy