熊 (hung4 | xiong2) : a bear

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熊

hung4

xiong2

[1] [n] bear
[2] [v] rebuke; upbraid
[3] [n] a Chinese family name

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Stroke count: 14

Level: 1

Radical: 火 (#86)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

熊

This word has been viewed 12513 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Mar 2011 04:00

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啤啤熊 be1 be1 hung4 = stuffed toy teddy bear 粵

熊人 hung4 jan4*2 = a bear

北極熊 bak1 gik6 hung4 bei3 ji2 xiong2 = polar bear

熊貓 hung4 maau1 xiong2 mao1 = panda; sleep-deprived person

熊市 hung4 si5 = a bear market (as opposed to 牛市)

大熊貓 daai6 hung4 maau1 da4 xiong2 mao1 = giant panda

小熊貓 siu2 hung4 maau1 xiao3 xiong2 mao1 = lesser panda, red panda, firefox

熊貓眼 hung4 maau1 ngaan5 = having raccoon eyes (dark circles)

貂熊 diu1 hung4 diao1 xiong2 = a wolverine; a glutton

狗熊 gau2 hung4 gou3 xiong2 = a black bear; a coward

泰迪熊 taai3 dik6 hung4 tai4 di2 xiong2 = a teddybear (loanword)

浣熊 wun5 hung4 huan4 [PRC] wan3 [TW] xiong2 = a raccoon

熊蜂 hung4 fung1 xiong2 feng1 = bumblebee, bumble-bee

樹熊 syu6 hung4 shu4 xiong2 = koala

熊包 hung4 baau1 xiong2 bao1 = worthless person; a good for nothing

熊本 hung4 bun2 xiong2 ben3 = Kumamoto

小熊維尼 siu2 hung4 wai4 nei4 xiao3 xiong2 wei2 ni2 = Winnie the Pooh

熊仔餅 hung4 zai2 beng2 = Koala's March, a Japanese cookie snack with fillings

魚與熊掌，不可兼得 jyu4 jyu5 hung4 zoeng2, bat1 ho2 gim1 dak1 yu2 yu3 xiong2 zhang3, bu4 ke3 jian1 de2 = have to choose between one or the other (because you can't have both)

鬆弛熊 sung1 ci4 hung4 song1 chi2 xiong2 = Rilakkuma, relax bear

熊欣欣 hung4 jan1 jan1 xiong2 xin1 xin1 = Hung Yan Yan

熊天平 hung4 tin1 ping4 xiong2 tian1 ping2 = Panda Shong

掉熊 diu6 hung4 = drop bear; dropbear

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 熊
Unicode code for this character: U+718a (off-site link)

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