xióng
bear; rebuke; scold
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这只熊很可爱。
Zhè zhī xióng hěn kě'ài.
This bear is very cute.
熊出没注意安全。
Xióng chūmò zhùyì ānquán.
Watch out for bears.
熊猫是中国的国宝。
Xióngmāo shì zhōngguó de guóbǎo.
The panda is China's national treasure.
黑熊 (hēi xióng)
black bear
棕熊 (zōng xióng)
brown bear
温柔 (wēn róu)
gentle
善良 (shàn liáng)
kind
The Chinese character 熊 (xióng) for "bear" is a pictophonetic character, combining a phonetic component 兇 (xiōng) and a semantic component 犬 (quǎn) meaning "dog". The phonetic component 兇 originally depicted a person with a weapon in hand, representing the sound [xiōng]. The semantic component 犬 indicates that the character is related to animals. The combination of these two components suggests the idea of a fierce or aggressive animal, which is consistent with the characteristics of a bear. The character 熊 has been used in Chinese for thousands of years and has retained its original meaning and pronunciation.
