熊
Meanings
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- 1.bear
- 2.(coll.) to scold; to rebuke
- 3.(coll.) weak; incapable
- 1.surname Xiong
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Wiktionary
- 1.bear (mammal) (Classifier: 頭／头 m; 隻／只 m c mn)
- 2.black bear
- 3.to scold
- 4.timid; cowardly
- 5.to bully; to extort
- 6.bear (large, hairy man, especially a homosexual one)
- 7.a surname, Xiong (Mainland China), Hsiung (Taiwan), or Hung (Hong Kong)
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Etymology
According to Shuowen, phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɢʷlɯm): semantic 能 (“bear”) + abbreviated phonetic 炎 (OC *ɦlam). This character originally represented an onomatopoetic word (熊熊 (xióngxióng, “(of flame) raging”)). Later its semantic component 能 (OC *nɯː, *nɯːs, *nɯːŋ, *nɯːŋʔ), the character for the Old Chinese word "bear", was borrowed for another word. This character thus began to represent the word "bear" instead. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tV-wəm. Cognate with Tibetan དོམ (dom, “bear”), Burmese ဝံ (wam) (in ဝက်ဝံ (wak-wam, “bear”)).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
熊会爬树。
Bears can climb trees.
熊會爬樹。
Bears can climb trees.
他為無尾熊拍照。
He took a picture of the koala.
獵人跟著熊的蹤跡。
The hunter followed the bear's tracks.
這隻熊正在吃一個蘋果。
The bear was eating an apple.
這隻狐狸和這隻熊一起生活了。
The fox and the bear lived together.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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