Nantoka/猴年hóu nián猴年 (hóu nián) is a Chinese word meaning “Year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)”.Meanings1Year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)Characters in 猴年猴hóu · monkey年nián · yearRelated words年year年grain年surname Nian年轻young去年last year今年this year年代a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)年轻人young people年级grade年纪age年龄(a person's) age猴子monkeyStudy Chinese with flashcards →