浣熊

Chinese

		to wash	bear
simp. and trad. (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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: huànxióng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huannshyong
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯a̠n⁵¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǎnxióng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanshyong
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: huǎnxióng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoanshyong
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wun⁵ hung⁴, wun² hung⁴
  - Yale: wúhn hùhng, wún hùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁵ hung⁴, wun² hung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wun⁵ hung⁴, wun² hung⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /wuːn¹³ hʊŋ²¹/, /wuːn³⁵ hʊŋ²¹/

Noun

浣熊

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: S
kun’yomi

Noun

浣熊 (hiragana あらいぐま, katakana アライグマ, rōmaji araiguma, historical hiragana あらひぐま)

Alternative spelling of 洗熊 (“raccoon”)

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