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熊

xióng

HSK 3 Character

What 熊 means

1. bear
2. colloquialto scold; to rebuke
3. colloquialweak; incapable

Other readings

熊 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Xióngsurname Xiong

Example sentences

• 你是猫熊。
  Nǐ shì māoxióng.
  You are a panda.
• 熊会爬树。
  Bears can climb trees.
• 你是熊猫。
  You are a panda.
• 熊猫很聪明。
  Pandas are very clever.
• 你见过熊猫吗？
  Have you ever seen a panda?
• 熊猫以竹为食。
  Pandas feed on bamboo grass.

Words starting with 熊

• 熊猫xióng māopanda
• 熊熊xióng xióngraging; flaming
• 熊掌xióng zhǎngbear paw (as food)
• 熊市xióng shìbear market
• 熊包xióng bāoworthless person; good-for-nothing
• 熊抱xióng bàobear hug; to give (sb) a bear-hug
• 熊本Xióng běnKumamoto (prefecture and city in Japan)
• 熊胆xióng dǎnbear gall (used in TCM)
• 熊孩子xióng hái zi(dialect) little devil; brat
• 熊成基Xióng Chéng jīXiong Chengji (1887-1910), anti-Qing revolutionary and martyr
• 熊皮帽xióng pí màobearskin hat
• 熊耳山Xióng ěr shānMt Xiong'er national geological park in 枣庄
• 熊胆草xióng dǎn cǎoConyza blinii
• 熊猫眼xióng māo yǎnto have dark circles under one's eyes; to have eyes like a panda
• 熊猫血xióng māo xuè(colloquial) Rh-negative blood type
• 熊腰虎背xióng yāo hǔ bèiwaist of a bear and back of a tiger; tough and stocky build
• 熊蜂xióng fēngbumblebee
• 熊猴xióng hóuAssamese macaque
• 熊瞎子xióng xiā zibear; bruin
• 熊亲戚xióng qīn qi(colloquial) busybody relative
• 熊狸xióng líbinturong; bearcat
• 熊倪Xióng NíXiong Ni (1974-), Chinese diving athlete
• 熊罴xióng pífierce fighters; valiant warriors
• 熊鹰xióng yīngsee 鹰雕

Words containing 熊

• 大熊猫dà xióng māogiant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
• 狗熊gǒu xióngblack bear; coward
• 北极熊běi jí xióngpolar bear
• 黑熊hēi xióngAsiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus)
• 小熊猫xiǎo xióng māolesser panda (Ailurus fulgens); red panda
• 灰熊huī xiónggrizzly bear
• 白熊bái xióngpolar bear; white bear
• 袋熊dài xióngwombat (Australian marsupial)
• 马熊mǎ xióngbrown bear
• 大熊座Dà xióng zuòUrsa Major, the Great Bear (constellation)
• 小熊座Xiǎo xióng zuòUrsa Minor (constellation)
• 树袋熊shù dài xióngkoala
• 泰迪熊tài dí xióng(loanword) teddy bear
• 无尾熊wú wěi xióngkoala
• 红熊猫hóng xióng māolesser Panda; red panda; firefox
• 维尼熊Wéi ní xióngWinnie the Pooh
• 金熊奖Jīn xióng jiǎngGolden Bear, award at the Berlin International Film Festival
• 银熊奖Yín xióng jiǎngSilver Bear, award at the Berlin International Film Festival
• 小熊维尼Xiǎo xióng Wéi níWinnie-the-Pooh (bear character in children's stories by A. A. Milne adapted by Disney)
• 虎背熊腰hǔ bèi xióng yāoback of a tiger and waist of a bear; tough and stocky build
• 鱼与熊掌yú yǔ xióng zhǎnglit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time…
• 妙妙熊历险记Miào miào xióng Lì xiǎn JìAdventures of the Gummi Bears (Disney animated series)
• 棕熊zōng xióngbrown bear
• 大白熊犬dà bái xióng quǎnGreat Pyrenees (dog breed)

Characters that look like 熊

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 照zhàoaccording to; in accordance with; to shine
• 稿gǎomanuscript; draft; stalk of grain
• 褐hèbrown; gray or dark color; coarse hemp cloth
• 雍yōngharmony
• 澎péngused in 澎湃; Taiwan pr. pēng
• 鹑chún(bound form) quail

Sounds the same

Read xióng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 雄male; staminate; grand