熊虎

Chinese

		bear; to scold; to rebuke	tiger
trad. (熊虎)		熊	虎
simp. #(熊虎)		熊	虎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiónghǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄏㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiónghǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄏㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syónghǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiung²-hu³
    • Yale: syúng-hǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyonghuu
    • Palladius: сюнху (sjunxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: hjuwng xuX

Rime
Character	熊	虎
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	羽弓切	呼古切
Baxter	hjuwng	xuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨuŋ/	/huoX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiuŋ/	/huoX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuŋ/	/xoX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuwŋ/	/hɔX/
Li Rong	/ɣiuŋ/	/xoX/
Wang Li	/ɣĭuŋ/	/xuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯uŋ/	/xuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóng	hǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jung4	fu2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[ɢ]ʷ(r)əm  qʰˤraʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷlɯm  qʰlaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	熊	虎
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xióng	hǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ hjuwng ›	‹ xuX ›
Old Chinese	/*C.[ɢ]ʷ(r)əm/	/*qʰˁraʔ/ (W dialect: *qˁʰr- >r̥ˁ- > x-)
English	bear (n.)	tiger
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	熊	虎
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13906	5230
Phonetic component	熊	虍
Rime group	侵	魚
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	雄	虎
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷlɯm/	/*qʰlaːʔ/

Noun

熊虎

1. bear and tiger
2. brave and fierce warrior
3. flag

Adjective

熊虎

1. brave and fierce

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
熊	虎

Adjective

熊虎

1. chữ Hán form of hùng hổ (“aggressive”).