熊掌

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Chinese

		bear; to scold; to rebuke	palm (of hand); in charge of
trad. (熊掌)		熊	掌
simp. ^#(熊掌)		熊	掌

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xióngzhǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄓㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ zoeng²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yùng-chóng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xióngzhǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄓㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syóngjhǎng
  - Wade–Giles: hsiung²-chang³
  - Yale: syúng-jǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyongjaang
  - Palladius: сюнчжан (sjunčžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung⁴ zoeng²
  - Yale: hùhng jéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ dzoeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ zêng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng-chóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: iungˇ zong`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yung² zong³
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ¹¹ t͡soŋ³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng-chóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iungˇ zong`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yung² zong³
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uŋ¹¹ t͡soŋ³¹/

Middle Chinese: hjuwng tsyangX

Rime
Character	熊	掌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	羽弓切	諸兩切
Baxter	hjuwng	tsyangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨuŋ/	/t͡ɕɨɐŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiuŋ/	/t͡ɕiɐŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuŋ/	/t͡ɕiɑŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuwŋ/	/cɨaŋ^X/
Li Rong	/ɣiuŋ/	/t͡ɕiaŋ^X/
Wang Li	/ɣĭuŋ/	/t͡ɕĭaŋ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯uŋ/	/t͡ɕi̯aŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóng	zhǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jung⁴	zoeng²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ʷ(r)əm aŋʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷlɯm tjaŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	熊	掌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xióng	zhǎng
Middle Chinese	‹ hjuwng ›	‹ tsyang^X ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ʷ(r)əm/	/*aŋʔ/
English	bear (n.)	palm of the hand
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be -t or -p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	熊	掌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13906	11146
Phonetic component	熊	尚
Rime group	侵	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	雄	掌
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷlɯm/	/*tjaŋʔ/

Noun

熊掌

bear's paw (especially as food)
- 魚，我所欲也，熊掌，亦我所欲也；二者不可得兼，舍魚而取熊掌者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  鱼，我所欲也，熊掌，亦我所欲也；二者不可得兼，舍鱼而取熊掌者也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE
  Yú, wǒ suǒ yù yě, xióngzhǎng, yì wǒ suǒ yù yě; èr zhě bùkě dé jiān, shě yú ér qǔ xióngzhǎng zhě yě.
  I like fish, and I also like bear's paws. If I cannot have the two together, I will let the fish go, and take the bear's paws.

Synonyms

熊蹯

Derived terms

魚與熊掌不可兼得／鱼与熊掌不可兼得 (yú yǔ xióngzhǎng bùkě jiān dé)

Descendants

→ Bouyei: xungfzangj

Japanese

Kanji in this term
熊	掌
ゆう Grade: 4	しょう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ゆうしょー (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

熊(ゆう)掌(しょう) • (yūshō)

bear's paw (especially as Chinese cuisine)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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