熊貓
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熊貓
See also: 熊猫
Chinese
| bear; to scold; to rebuke | cat | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (熊貓) | 熊 | 貓 | |
| simp. (熊猫) | 熊 | 猫 | |
| anagram | 貓熊／猫熊 | ||
Etymology
Literally “bear cat”, originally referring to red pandas. Displaced 貘 (mò) since Qing and Republican eras due to a misinterpretation of a chimera of the same name attributed to Bai Juyi and further transmitted by Su Song to the Compendium of Materia Medica (1596) made known to Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat in 1824.[1]
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hung4 maau1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hîm-niau
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6yon-mau
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄇㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syóngmao
- Wade–Giles: hsiung2-mao1
- Yale: syúng-māu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyongmhau
- Palladius: сюнмао (sjunmao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (熊貓兒／熊猫儿)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄇㄠㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syóngmaor
- Wade–Giles: hsiung2-mao1-ʼrh
- Yale: syúng-māur
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyongmhaul
- Palladius: сюнмаор (sjunmaor)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ maʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hung4 maau1
- Yale: hùhng māau
- Cantonese Pinyin: hung4 maau1
- Guangdong Romanization: hung4 mao1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hʊŋ²¹ maːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- Wu
Noun
熊貓
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 大熊貓 (“panda; giant panda”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 大熊貓, 大貓熊, 熊貓, 貓熊 | |
| Taxonomic name | 大熊貓 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 熊貓兒 |
| Taiwan | 貓熊, 大貓熊 | |
| Singapore | 貓熊 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 熊貓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 熊貓兒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 熊貓, 大熊貓 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 熊貓 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 貓熊 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 貓熊 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 貓熊 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 貓熊 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 貓熊 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 貓熊 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 熊貓 |
| Quanzhou | 熊貓 | |
| Zhangzhou | 貓熊, 熊貓 | |
| Tainan | 熊貓 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 貓熊 | |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 熊貓 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 熊貓 |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Bouyei: xungfmaoy
References
- ^ Harper, Donald (2013 January) “The Cultural History of the Giant Panda (''Ailuropoda melanoleuca'') in Early China”, in Early China, volume 35/36, pages 185–224