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surname Xiong
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bear / (coll.) to scold / to rebuke / (coll.) weak / incapable
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How to pronounce 熊

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xu initial

Xu is for Xu Xian.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)ng2 final

In the engine’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

熊 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
huǒ = hu + o3
"fire" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 86), occurring in 熙, 然, 熊 etc
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néng = n + (e)ng2
surname Neng
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néng = n + (e)ng2
can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy
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Characters with 熊 as component

= pi + Ø2
brown bear
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Words with 熊

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panda / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
raccoon (Procyon lotor)
raging / flaming

Sentences with 熊

熊 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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xióng

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