熊猫熊貓 xióngmāo — panda
xióngmāo (second tone, rising)xiong2mao1
Traditional: 熊貓
panda
HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)nounMeasure word 只
Meanings
panda
Literally "bear-cat": 熊 bear, 猫 cat. Chinese named it by what it looked like from two angles at once, and the name stuck long before anyone settled which family it belonged to.
noun
Example sentences
- 中国的熊猫非常有名。中國的熊貓非常有名。Zhōngguó (first tone, high and level) de (neutral tone) xióngmāo (second tone, rising) fēicháng (first tone, high and level) yǒumíng. (third tone, dipping)···
China’s pandas are extremely famous.
- 孩子们都喜欢这只熊猫。孩子們都喜歡這隻熊貓。Háizimen (second tone, rising) dōu (first tone, high and level) xǐhuan (third tone, dipping) zhè (fourth tone, falling) zhī (first tone, high and level) xióngmāo. (second tone, rising)···
The children all love this panda.