# 熊貓
## Chinese

* 熊貓 (Gan)
* 熊貓 (Cantonese)
* 熊貓 (消歧義) (Written Standard Chinese)

### Etymology

Literally “bear cat”, originally referring to red pandas. Displaced 貘 (mò) since Qing and Republican eras due to a misinterpretation of a chimera of the same name attributed to Bai Juyi and further transmitted by Su Song to the Compendium of Materia Medica (1596) made known to Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat in 1824.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xióngmāo
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄇㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hung$^4$ maau$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hîm-niau
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yon-mau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xióngmāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄇㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syóngmao
*** Wade–Giles: hsiung$^2$-mao$^1$
*** Yale: syúng-māu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyongmhau
*** Palladius: сюнмао (sjunmao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (熊貓兒 / 熊猫儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xióngmāor
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄇㄠㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syóngmaor
*** Wade–Giles: hsiung$^2$-mao$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: syúng-māur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyongmhaul
*** Palladius: сюнмаор (sjunmaor)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ maʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hung$^4$ maau$^1$
*** Yale: hùhng māau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hung$^4$ maau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hung$^4$ mao$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hʊŋ²¹ maːu̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hîm-niau
*** Tâi-lô: hîm-niau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: himniaw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /him²⁴⁻²² niãu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /him²⁴⁻²² niãu³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /him¹³⁻²² niãu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /him²⁴⁻¹¹ niãu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /him²³⁻³³ niãu⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yon-mau
*** MiniDict: yon$^去$ mau
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhion-mau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦioŋ²² mɔ⁴⁴/

### Noun

熊貓
* panda (Classifier: 隻／只)
    Synonym: 貘 (mò)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 大熊貓, 大貓熊, 熊貓, 貓熊 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 大熊貓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 熊貓兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 貓熊, 大貓熊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 貓熊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 熊貓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 熊貓兒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 熊貓, 大熊貓 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 熊貓 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 貓熊 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 貓熊 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 貓熊 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 貓熊 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 貓熊 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 貓熊 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 熊貓 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 熊貓 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 貓熊, 熊貓 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 熊貓 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 熊貓 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 貓熊 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 熊貓 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 熊貓 |

#### Derived terms

* 大熊貓 / 大熊猫 (dàxióngmāo)
* 小熊貓 / 小熊猫 (xiǎoxióngmāo)

#### Descendants

* → Bouyei: xungfmaoy

### References

* ↑ Harper, Donald (2013 January) “The Cultural History of the Giant Panda (''Ailuropoda melanoleuca'') in Early China”, in Early China‎, volume 35/36, pages 185–224