| 1 | 猿人 | 猿人 | yuán rén | yuan2 ren2 | apeman | | |
| 2 | 猿 | 猨 | yuán | yuan2 | ape; variant of 猿 ; variant of 猿 | | |
| 3 | 人猿 | 人猿 | rén yuán | ren2 yuan2 | orangutan | | |
| 4 | 猿啼虎啸 | 猿啼虎嘯 | yuán tí hǔ xiào | yuan2 ti2 hu3 xiao4 | Monkeys cry and tigers roar. (idiom) | | |
| 5 | 猿玃 | 猿玃 | yuán jué | yuan2 jue2 | legendary ape of Sichuan and Yunnan, with a penchant for carrying off girls | | |
| 6 | 猿猴 | 猿猴 | yuán hóu | yuan2 hou2 | apes and monkeys | | |
| 7 | 猿臂 | 猿臂 | yuán bì | yuan2 bi4 | arms like those of an ape — muscular, or long and dexterous | | |
| 8 | 心猿意马 | 心猿意馬 | xīn yuán yì mǎ | 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 | | |
| 9 | 无尾猿 | 無尾猿 | wú wěi yuán | wu2 wei3 yuan2 | ape | | |
| 10 | 北京猿人 | 北京猿人 | běi jīng yuán rén | Bei3 jing1 yuan2 ren2 | Peking ape-man; Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in Zhoukoudian 周口店 in 1921 | | |
| 11 | 轻舒猿臂 | 輕舒猿臂 | qīng shū yuán bì | qing1 shu1 yuan2 bi4 | with a dexterous turn of the arm (idiom) | | |
| 12 | 南方古猿 | 南方古猿 | nán fāng gǔ yuán | Nan2 fang1 Gu3 yuan2 | Australopithecus | | |
| 13 | 笼鸟槛猿 | 籠鳥檻猿 | lóng niǎo jiàn yuán | long2 niao3 jian4 yuan2 | bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner | | |
| 14 | 类人猿 | 類人猿 | lèi rén yuán | lei4 ren2 yuan2 | hominid | | |
| 15 | 玃猿 | 玃猿 | jué yuán | jue2 yuan2 | legendary ape of Sichuan and Yunnan, with a penchant for carrying off girls | | |
| 16 | 黑冠长臂猿 | 黑冠長臂猿 | hēi guān cháng bì yuán | hei1 guan1 chang2 bi4 yuan2 | black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus) | | |
| 17 | 程序猿 | 程序猿 | chéng xù yuán | cheng2 xu4 yuan2 | (Internet slang) code monkey | | |
| 18 | 长臂猿 | 長臂猿 | cháng bì yuán | chang2 bi4 yuan2 | gibbon; Hylobatidae (gibbon and lesser ape family) | | |