浣熊

Chinese

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

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

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• 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

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
浣	熊
あら(い) Hyōgaiji	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】 [noun] 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.)