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熊xióngbear

HSK 4word

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熊 (xióng) means "bear," the large animal, and in colloquial speech it can also mean "to scold" or "to rebuke." CEDICT also lists the colloquial sense "weak" or "incapable." The animal sense is the everyday one, as in 一只熊 (a bear) at a zoo.

What does 熊 mean?

  1. 1.

    bearnoun

  2. 2.

    (coll.) to scold; to rebukeverb

  3. 3.

    (coll.) weak; incapableadjective

What does the character 熊 mean?

  • 熊bear

How do you use 熊?

熊 often takes the measure word 只 for the animal, and its scolding sense can sound colloquial.

What are some examples of 熊 in a sentence?

  1. HSK 3

    动物园里有两只熊。

    Dòngwùyuán lǐ yǒu liǎng zhī xióng.

    There are two bears at the zoo.

  2. HSK 1

    这只熊很大。

    Zhè zhī xióng hěn dà.

    This bear is very big.

  3. HSK 1

    孩子们喜欢看熊。

    Háizimen xǐhuan kàn xióng.

    Children like to watch the bears.

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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.