無尾熊

See also: 无尾熊

Chinese

		not have	tail	bear; to scold; to rebuke
trad. (無尾熊)		無	尾	熊
simp. (无尾熊)		无	尾	熊
Literally: “tailless bear”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúwěixióng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄩㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ mei⁵ hung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-mî-yùng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bô-bóe-hîm / bô-bé-hîm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ bhuê² him⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúwěixióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúwěisyóng
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-wei³-hsiung²
    • Yale: wú-wěi-syúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuwoeishyong
    • Palladius: увэйсюн (uvɛjsjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ mei⁵ hung⁴
    • Yale: mòuh méih hùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ mei⁵ hung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ méi⁵ hung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ mei̯¹³ hʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-mî-yùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: moˇ mi´ iungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo² mi¹ yung²
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ mi²⁴ i̯uŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-mî-yùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: moˇ mi´ (r)iungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo² mi¹ yung²
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ mi²⁴ (j)i̯uŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-bóe-hîm
    • Tâi-lô: bô-bué-hîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'boefhiim
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ bue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ him²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-bé-hîm
    • Tâi-lô: bô-bé-hîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'befhiim
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ him²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bho⁵ bhuê² him⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô bué hîm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ bue⁵²⁻³⁵ him⁵⁵/

Noun

無尾熊

1. (chiefly Taiwan) koala (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 樹袋熊 (“koala”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		樹袋熊, 無尾熊, 考拉 Mainland China
Taxonomic name		樹袋熊, 無尾熊
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	無尾熊
Cantonese	Hong Kong	樹熊
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	無尾熊
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	無尾熊
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	無尾熊
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	無尾熊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	無尾熊
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	無尾熊
Southern Min	Taipei	無尾熊 GT
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)