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熊猫

xióng māo

HSK 3 2-character word Traditional 熊貓 Measure word 只

What 熊猫 means

1. panda

The characters in 熊猫

• 熊xióngbear; (colloquial) to scold; to rebuke; (colloquial) weak; incapable
• 猫māocat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword; colloquial) modem

Example sentences

• 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.
• 熊猫是中国的国宝。
  Xióngmāo shì Zhōngguó de guóbǎo.
  The panda is China's national treasure.
• 熊猫是很美的动物。
  Pandas are beautiful animals.

Words starting with 熊猫

• 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

Words containing 熊猫

• 大熊猫dà xióng māogiant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
• 小熊猫xiǎo xióng māolesser panda (Ailurus fulgens); red panda
• 红熊猫hóng xióng māolesser Panda; red panda; firefox
• 卧龙大熊猫保护区Wò lóng Dà xióng māo Bǎo hù qūWolong Giant Panda Nature Reserve in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan

Sounds the same

Read xióng māo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 雄猫male cat, usually 公猫

Where 熊猫 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Nature & Environment (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xióng māo correctly.
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