浣熊

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Chinese

		to wash	bear
trad. (浣熊)		浣	熊
simp. ^#(浣熊)		浣	熊
Literally: “wash-bear”.

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浣熊 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
浣熊 (Cantonese)
浣熊 (Wu)
Sé-hîm (Southern Min)

Etymology

Calque of New Latin Ursus lotor, from its habit of washing its food.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huànxióng, wǎnxióng, huǎnxióng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄩㄥˊ, ㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄩㄥˊ, ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁵ hung⁴ / wun² hung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huànxióng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huànsyóng
  - Wade–Giles: huan⁴-hsiung²
  - Yale: hwàn-syúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huannshyong
  - Palladius: хуаньсюн (xuanʹsjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnxióng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnsyóng
  - Wade–Giles: wan³-hsiung²
  - Yale: wǎn-syúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanshyong
  - Palladius: ваньсюн (vanʹsjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǎnxióng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǎnsyóng
  - Wade–Giles: huan³-hsiung²
  - Yale: hwǎn-syúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoanshyong
  - Palladius: хуаньсюн (xuanʹsjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wun⁵ hung⁴ / wun² hung⁴
  - Yale: wúhn hùhng / wún hùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁵ hung⁴ / wun² hung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wun⁵ hung⁴ / wun² hung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn¹³ hʊŋ²¹/, /wuːn³⁵ hʊŋ²¹/

Noun

浣熊

raccoon (nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
浣	熊
あら(い) Hyōgai	くま > ぐま Grade: 4
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 浣熊 – see the following entry.

【洗熊あらいぐま】

a raccoon (nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor)

Alternative spellings
洗い熊, アライグマ

(This term, 浣熊, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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