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Etymology
From 熊 (xióng, “bear”) + 貓／猫 (māo, “cat”), literally bear cat, originally referring to red pandas.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄇㄠ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyongmhau
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄇㄠㄦ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyongmhaul
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ maʊɻʷ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hung4 maau1
- Yale: hùhng māau
- Cantonese Pinyin: hung4 maau1
- IPA (key): /hʊŋ²¹ mɑːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hîm-niau
- Tâi-lô: hîm-niau
- Phofsit Daibuun: himniaw
- IPA (Xiamen): /him²⁴⁻²² niaʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /him²⁴⁻²² niaʊ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /him¹³⁻²² niaʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /him²⁴⁻¹¹ niaʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /him²³⁻³³ niaʊ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: hhion mau (T3)
- IPA (key): /ɦi̯ʊŋ²² mɔ⁴⁴/
- (Shanghainese)